hang on exit bug under Linux

[mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Peter Stuge wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:52:09PM +1100, carl at bl.echidna.id.au wrote:
> >
> > > You wouldn't need the option if the ssh client put itself in the background.
> >
> > so if I did
> >
> > ssh firewall
> > firewall$ fwstop; fwstart
> > exit
> >
> > It wouldn't hang in that instance?
>
> The ssh client process would linger, but in the background.  It would be the
> equivalent of doing ^Z and then typing bg with the current OpenSSH version.
>
> You would be back at the prompt where you typed "ssh firewall"..
>
>
UGH No.

It would be bad enough the server side sshd hangs and wastes resources.
It would be even worse if both did.

- Ben