OpenSSH-2.5.1p1 scp hangs when scping into an RH (6.0|7.0) box

[Rob Hagopian]

Keep in mind that this isn't a workaround for people who don't use bash as
a shell. This problem also exists on FreeBSD machines so I'm a bit
suspicious that it's a Linux only problem?
								-Rob

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
>
> As stated before there is a linux bug on select() with no current patch
> (but there is a work around.. I'd have to look it up since it did not make
> it into the FAQ.)
>
> But the work around is:
>
>    While browsing through bash's hugh manpage, I noticed that it has a
>    'huponexit' option which will send SIGHUP to all interactive processes
>    when the shell exits.
>
>    I have tested this and it does resolve the hanging at logout without
>    causing race conditions. I now have a "shopt -s huponexit" in my
>    /etc/bashrc and it works beautifully.
>
> (Who do I submit this to so it gets into the FAQ on the openssh.com site?
> This problem is going to be around for a while. =)
>
>
> thanks
>
>
> - Ben
>
>