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

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Author: Graeme Hilton
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Re-enter local bash session from remote
> On Tue Dec 23, 2008 at 09:55:04 +0000, Keith Edmunds wrote:
>
>> > Is there a way of accessing an already running virtual console
>> remotely?
> For this situation it doesn't help, but you might have luck starting
> x11vnc over ssh with tunnelling to view your desktop. Somehting like
>
>     ssh -X user@home
>       ->  apt-get install x11vnc
>       ->  x11vnc -many

>
>    Then connect again with port forwarding to localhost to
>   view your whole desktop via vnc.


Good suggestion, but will it connect to a virtual console - not an X session?

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Graeme Hilton