this may be an off-panel question, but when I connect to the server with putty, if the terminal window is idle, it disconnects after a short time. is there any way to extend this or even make it infinite? I have many ubuntu servers and I have never encountered such a problem in any of them.
putty terminal window timeout too short
aaP_cembol yess thats Putty am changed to bitvise client works great olso with sftp easyer to transfer files look at and try this one learn how it works its a great shh sftp client
https://bitvise.com/ssh-client-download
aaP_flextypesite I use winscp for file transfer but I think the one you suggest can do both, I'll check it out. it will be great if I can solve the timeout problem.