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  • You can always use screen and detach from it prior to rebooting. The session should still be active and you would just need to re attach to it Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 14:54
  • What if someone else rebooted the machine ? Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 14:56
  • I'm not exactly how to avoid the dead connection in your terminal, but there is a key sequence you can use to disconnect the ssh session on the client side: Hit enter a few times, then type ~. - that should cause your ssh client to drop the connection. Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 15:00
  • The screen sessions should still be active after someone else reboots unless if they wipe all screen sessions beforehand Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 15:06
  • It should not. What is the remote system, openssh version and so? I never noticed this behaviour. When host gets rebooted (gracefully, the ssh sessions should get cleanly closed). Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 15:59