[ale] ssh stalls (OT - cygwin)

[dcorbin at machturtle.com (David Corbin)]

On Thursday 20 October 2005 13:22, David Corbin wrote:
> We're using ssh from cygwin in an automated upgrade process for a bunch of
> Windows boxes. In tests, some really wierd stuff is happening.  We've
> remotely execute a command via ssh, and that command executes and runs
> fine.
>
> However, the ssh client does not return for almost exactly two hours (+/-
> 30 seconds).  This doesn't happen EVERY time we do it, but it's often
> enough to be a big concern to us.
>
> Given all the smart people here, I though I'd see if anyone has any ideas. 
> I have not yet turned up the debug level of sshd, but I will.


This now appears to be a problem with 'unflushed buffers' on stdout somewhere 
between ruby and cygwin ssh.  Are there any ssh parameters/configuration 
options that say "do not buffer output"?

David