[Hudlug] potentially stupid question!
Charles Blackburn
hudlug at mailman.lug.org.uk
Mon May 5 22:18:01 2003
look into screen worked for me the last time i tried to do it
charles
On Mon, 05 May 2003 20:44:48 +0100
davepattern@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> This may well be a stupid question with an easy answer... but I've
> looked and not found the answer yet :-D
>
> I've got a basic non-X install of RedHat running as a internet
> gateway on an old PC with no keyboard or monitor. At the moment, I'm
> doing everything by logging in with SSH.
>
> Is it possible to connect, do some work and maybe leave a program
> running, then disconnect and then reconnect to the same shell later
> on? (i.e. when I reconnect I get the same shell I was looking at
> before). For example, can I connect, start an FTP download,
> disconnect and then reconnect later on to see how the download is
> going?
>
> The only way I could think of doing it was to install X and VNC, as
> that would allow me to reconnect to the same desktop... but it seems
> overkill to install X on an internet gateway.
>
> Like I say, I'm sure there might be an obvious solution, but I
> haven't spotted it yet!!!
>
> Cheers in advance
> Davey P
>
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