[Gllug] Remote Viewing of a program running on a local termin al

[Robert McKay]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jonathan Dye wrote:

> Xander D Harkness wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 03:55:22PM -0000, Calvin la Cock wrote:
> >> Hi ,
> >>
> >> I know this isn't a programming list , but I recon this question is
> >> more of a sys-admin issue than programming.
> >>
> >>
> >> now that I've got everyone confused on the topic, here is the
> >> question :
> >>
> >> If I have a program running on say Linux on terminal 1. Is there a
> >> way that I can see that exact screen ( terminal ) as it is on the
> >> local computer , if I sit halfway around the world and try and
> >> access that pc remotely. I need a way to be able to check the status
> >> of software running non-locally.
> > If it is a console application you can use screen, which will allow
> > you to run an application and then detach it to reattach elsewhere.
> >
> > If it is a graphical application then you could use vnc.
> >
> > There was also mentioned about a year ago an application that allows
> > you to share a console so that both parties can view simultaneously.
> > I cannot remember the name of this and would love someone to remind
> > me :-)
>
> You can do this with screen.

Yep.

screen -x

attaches to an already attached screen leaving the original screen still
attached.

-Robert.



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