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Re: remote vi editing pf.conf - goes offline

From: Aaron Nichols (adnicholsgmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 19 2004 - 10:46:18 CST


On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:19:47 -0700, Cameron Schaus <camschaus.ca> wrote:

> You aren't by change typing the ssh escape sequence (~) followed by a
> period while in the vi editor, are you? ~. (tilde period). That will
> disconnect your ssh session, see man ssh(1).
>
> Cam
>
>

Note that this would only disconnect your ssh session if it is
immediately following a Newline. Thus, you would have to type
<ENTER/RETURN> ~. . Simply typing ~. in a sentence or in any context
other than following a newline will not terminate ssh.

Aaron