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On a linux box I created 10 user accounts. They were able to putty and ftp to the linuxServer. I installed minecraft server. Now the users of the 10 accounts can login but the connection automatically gets closed by Linux server. I can still login with putty. My users get an error connection closed by remote host. How can I fix this so my 10 users can login again?

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    "connection automatically gets closed by remote host" you mean "connection automatically gets closed by my Linux box"... Which connections are closed, putty or minecraft? – Hauke Laging May 10 '13 at 13:07
  • What does /var/log/secure say? –  May 10 '13 at 13:07
  • Yes my users get the message "connection closed by remote server". there is no /var/log/secure. There is /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages as well as other files in log. I do not know what to look for. –  May 10 '13 at 13:13
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    What OS are you running? –  May 10 '13 at 13:25
  • Maybe you're running out of RAM – Wolfizen May 10 '13 at 13:54
  • You may want to look at my answer to a similar question, but set the timeout to higher values: http://superuser.com/a/569357/195224 – mpy May 10 '13 at 14:05

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Are the connections idle? If so, add this to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server:

TCPKeepAlive yes
ClientAliveInterval 60

and reload the sshd:

$ sudo service ssh reload
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The environmental setting TMOUT is used to automatically log inactive users out. The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

Either adjust the TMOUT setting, or to stop auto-logouts completely set to zero, in users .bash_profile (or set system-wide in /etc/profile)

export TMOUT=0
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