Prevent sleep during ssh session

[Chris Jones]

Hi,

> Are we sure (OP?) that the OP means that the remote *machine* is going
> to sleep.  A much more common problem with ssh is that the
> *connection* dies after inactivity.

Indeed. I assumed that the OP was correct in that it was the remote 
machine sleeping and not this, but that was an assumption, and you know 
what they say about that...

If it is this then it is easy to fix with by adding the KeepAlive ssh 
option E.g.

http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/02/03/keeping-ssh-sessions-alive/

note that the above suggests editing /etc/ssh/ssh_config on the local 
machine, which requires sudo rights. However, it is also possible for 
any user to place the options in their private ~/.ssh/config file.

Chris