From e99d4cd57bd1011dffadae123b07fcc470abce97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Marc=20Sch=C3=B6chlin?= <marc.schoechlin@uhurutec.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:01:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a timeout

---
 src/execute.rs    | 1 +
 src/parameters.rs | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/execute.rs b/src/execute.rs
index fe3f03c..41740b8 100644
--- a/src/execute.rs
+++ b/src/execute.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ fn establish_base_command(args: &CommandLineArgs, base_executable: &str, node: &
         if args.knownhostsaccept {
             cmd.args(["-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"]);
         }
+        cmd.args(["-o", &format!("ConnectTimeout={}", args.timeoutssh)]);
         return cmd;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/parameters.rs b/src/parameters.rs
index 5a1cd0d..4d79e09 100644
--- a/src/parameters.rs
+++ b/src/parameters.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ pub struct CommandLineArgs {
     #[arg(short, long, default_value = "0")]
     pub(crate) wait: u64,
 
+    /// timeout for invoking ssh connections
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "3")]
+    pub(crate) timeoutssh: u8,
+
+
     /// ask after every execution, if hostctl should continue, retry, execute a shell or quit
     #[arg(short, long)]
     pub(crate) prompt: bool,