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Disabling Spotlight

Edit /etc/hostconfig:

SPOTLIGHT=-NO-

To stop the indexer and delete the index, run:

mdutil -i off /
mdutil -E /

To enable Spotlight, edit /etc/hostconfig:

SPOTLIGHT=-YES-

and run:

mdutil -i on /

SSH keep alive

Edit /etc/ssh_config:

ServerAliveInterval 300
ServerAliveCountMax 3