commit - c2e630e5159aca0f69626f8315c68ae951323e79
commit + 85b8fe265cb79cbf965a09c9a87f49fde1fde424
blob - 1081ab94e94d21c43eddc424f5fd22ce4d9964c0
blob + 28a21b307bb4f32e1d414fe6942373cb17223981
--- lstun.1
+++ lstun.1
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ A port number or the tuple host:port.
 .It Fl t Ar timeout
 Number of seconds after after the last client shutdown to kill the ssh
 process.
+Set to zero to keep the tunnel open indefinitely.
 Defaults to 120.
 .El
 .Sh AUTHORS
blob - 5279ad62d3c4799899b8920e312200b86081abb3
blob + 0b1e1a19d512093453cea57dea1758bc0fa5b2f0
--- lstun.c
+++ lstun.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct event	 sigtermev;
 struct event	 sigchldev;
 struct event	 siginfoev;
 
-struct timeval	 timeout;
+struct timeval	 timeout = {120, 0};
 struct event	 timeoutev;
 
 pid_t		 ssh_pid = -1;
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ errcb(struct bufferevent *bev, short event, void *d)
 	if (--conn == 0) {
 		warnx("scheduling ssh termination (%llds)",
 		    (long long)timeout.tv_sec);
-		evtimer_set(&timeoutev, killing_time, NULL);
-		evtimer_add(&timeoutev, &timeout);
+		if (timeout.tv_sec != 0) {
+			evtimer_set(&timeoutev, killing_time, NULL);
+			evtimer_add(&timeoutev, &timeout);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int ch, i, tout = 0;
+	int ch, i;
 	const char *errstr;
 
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "B:b:t:")) != -1) {
@@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			addr = optarg;
 			break;
 		case 't':
-			tout = strtonum(optarg, 1, INT_MAX, &errstr);
+			timeout.tv_sec = strtonum(optarg, 0, INT_MAX, &errstr);
 			if (errstr != NULL)
 				errx(1, "timeout is %s: %s", errstr, optarg);
 			break;
@@ -423,12 +425,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc != 1 || addr == NULL || ssh_tflag == NULL)
 		usage();
 
-	if (tout == 0)
-		tout = 120;
-
-	timeout.tv_sec = tout;
-	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-
 	ssh_dest = argv[0];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAXCONN; ++i) {