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Prevent SSH from kicking you out from inactive session
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Prevent SSH session timeout
Modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config
ClientAliveInterval 120
ClientAliveCountMax 720
This will not kick you off even if you are inactive for 24 hours. After that it will kick you out.
$ sudo service ssh reload
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