hang on exit - bug or no bug?

[mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Nicolas Williams wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 12:58:37PM -0500, mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
> >
> > [..]
> > > >  - write a separate script for checking that the batch job is doing ok
> > > >  - use intr (yes, Solaris doesn't have one -- write one yourself) on the
> > > >    client side to set a timeout after which to kill ssh
> > > >  - write an intr-like command for the remote side that closes the fds
> > > >    after a timeout and which might be used like so:
> > > >
> > > >    ssh -n somehost somecommand 2\>\&1 \| iointr -t 30
> > > >  - fix the scripts
> > >
> > > - fix the daemons
> > >
> >
> > Finxing daemons will solve part of the problem.. but will not solve the
> > case when you do:
> >
> > ssh site.com
> > vi file
> > ctrl-z
> > <wander around>
> > exit
> > ..[hang]
>
> My shell usually tells me that I have suspended jobs and aborts the
> exit.
>

First time.. But how many people have you seen in a hurry to leave for
the day go 'Ctrl-D, Ctrl-D'  and ignore the suspended jobs because they
are use to telnet killing the processes or they die due to lack of std*
contact.

I'll admit I've done it a few times.. Not normally under SSH.

- Ben