[sclug] Leave a process running after logging out?

[James Wyper]

My preferred way of doing this, which may be overkill and may not be
suitable for you, but at least is idiot-proof, is to set up a VNC
server on the box to run at bootup and log in to that. If you close the
VNC client then it doesn't affect the server.  It also allows you to
check progress from anywhere that can connect to the server (and that
you've allowed access to in the VNC config / your firewall).

This suits my circumstances quite well (always-on linux box in the
garage; other occasionally-on computers that I flit between in warmer
parts of the house).

FreeNX should do the same thing more efficiently but I haven't had a
chance to install it yet.

James.

 --- Sapan Ganguly <sapan.ganguly at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello, I haven't posted here for a long time.  I have a question
> which
> probably has a simple answer.
> 
> I am forever starting commands in a bash shell that take longer than
> I
> expect, is there a way to background or pause a task that is already
> in the foreground AND log off and go home (but still see the results
> when I log on again in the morning)?  Sometimes I forget to use
> things
> like 'screen', 'nohup' etc.  If I use Ctrl-Z the process is still
> killed when I log off.
> 
> Oh, another question, would 'nohup' stop a process being killed even
> if I log out of my shell?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sapan
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