Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:45:24 +0000 (GMT) From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) To: Andrew Cutler <andrew@1stelement.com> Cc: "Paul A. Scott" <pscott@skycoast.us>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do you suspend and resume a remote shell session? Message-ID: <20021221113812.P4714-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <1040466840.37580.59.camel@localhost>
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On 21 Dec 2002, Andrew Cutler wrote: > Maybe my question wasn't clear enough. I would like to SSH into a box > with say my laptop, setup some tasks, run some programs, suspend the > connection, unplug and turn off my laptop, and then come back to the > same session a few days later, perhaps using a different computer. If I understand you right, you don't want to exit the session, because you are afraid the program you started is going to close, too. This can be prevented by typing an & at the end of a command line: # make kernel & will go on building and installing a new kernel, though you log out. Sorry, if I misinterpreted your question. Uli. > I > would also like to be able to do this with XDMCP / remote X. > > and yes I do rtfm, do u read questions or do u just answer them :) > > -> ouch! > > Seriously, I'm not trying to start a flame, I 'm just looking for some > answers, I've been looking at this for a while now but there does not > seem to be any info available on how this is achieved. > > As Dan suggested, I'm going to look at screen, which looks quite > promising. Any other legitimate info / advice would also be appreciated. > > > On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 20:34, Paul A. Scott wrote: > > > From: Andrew Cutler <andrew@1stelement.com> > > > Does anyone know of a method to suspend and resume a telnet / SSH > > > session. > > > > man telnet > > man ssh > -- > Andrew Cutler <andrew@1stelement.com> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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