Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote

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Author: Alan Pope
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote
2008/12/23 Graeme Hilton <graeme.hilton@???>:
>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:54:48 -0000 (UTC), graeme.hilton@???
> said:
>>
>>> Is there a way of accessing an already running virtual console remotely?
>>
>> Not this time, but next time run the command under screen(1). That
> allows you to detach the job and re-attach to it later: very useful in
> exactly the circumstances you describe.
>
> The problem is remembering to use screen..... ;-)
>


Set it to be your default shell :)

There was some discussion at the Ubuntu Developer Summit last week
about doing this for Ubuntu Server in the next release.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2008/12/ubuntu-server-includes-window-manager.html

Cheers,
Al.