# Log:tail stops after +/- 10 min (solved)

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/log-tail-stops-after-10-min-solved/58470>\
**Category:** Runtime\
**Created:** [December 1, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/log-tail-stops-after-10-min-solved/58470 "2018-12-01T18:49:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_van\_hanegem](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/peter_van_hanegem/32/43503_2.png) [@Peter\_van\_hanegem](https://community.openhab.org/u/Peter_van_hanegem)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/log-tail-stops-after-10-min-solved/58470/1 "2018-12-01T18:49:34Z")

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When logging in on the console and watching the _log:tail_ it automaticlly stops after 10 minutes and the console closes.

```
Connection to localhost closed by remote host.
Connection to localhost closed.

```

I would to like to watch it longer, is this possible ?

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**Author:** ![Dim](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/dim/32/4568_2.png) [@Dim](https://community.openhab.org/u/Dim)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/log-tail-stops-after-10-min-solved/58470/2 "2018-12-01T19:21:28Z")

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> [@Timeout in Karaf console](https://community.openhab.org/t/timeout-in-karaf-console/35443):
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> I like to keep a SSH session to the Karaf console open with log:tail running. However every 1/2 an hour or so I get thrown out with the following: [WARN] [sshd.server.session.ServerSessionImpl] - exceptionCaught(ServerSessionImpl[openhab@/:50946])[state=Opened] InterruptedByTimeoutException: null I’ve tried changing the sshIdleTimout in /var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg but it doesn’t seem to have any effect. Any ideas? Thanks, Matt

#1, #9

> [@How to ask a good question / Help Us Help You](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-ask-a-good-question/58396):
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> Before you ask… Community forum is NOT a helpdesk Let’s put this in the front: nobody here works for openHAB. The community members are helping with an Open Source Project, not a commercial software. Additionally, the forum is NOT dealing with general Home Automation topics, the focus is on openHAB. In some cases, various products or technologies which are not directly linked to openHAB can be discussed but with the proper [title](#five), [category](#four) or [tag](#six). We are ALL volunteering our free time to help o…

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**Author:** ![Peter\_van\_hanegem](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/peter_van_hanegem/32/43503_2.png) [@Peter\_van\_hanegem](https://community.openhab.org/u/Peter_van_hanegem)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/log-tail-stops-after-10-min-solved/58470/4 "2018-12-03T10:55:36Z")

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Thks for these two topics.

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**Author:** ![Dim](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/dim/32/4568_2.png) [@Dim](https://community.openhab.org/u/Dim)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/log-tail-stops-after-10-min-solved/58470/5 "2018-12-03T10:56:59Z")

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you are welcome 🙂  
did you fix the issue using some info from the first topic that I linked?