Ross Ferson wrote: > Ok, > > maybe i should have been more clear. I am running win2k at work (not > my choice) and i use putty to ssh to my home box. how does that > change things? Not at all - it is actually almost the setup I use too - work laptop is W2K and I use putty to get to all our server boxes. At work I use my Linux workstation for many tasks, and I use screen to get back to those (when needed). But most of all, I use screen to avoid having to make multiple terminals to one host. ctrl-a+c creates a new session so much faster, and it's very easy to toggle between the sessions - and I end up with one large window, easier to manage. That screen allows me to resume previously attached sessions elsewhere (or even currently attached sessions - hence the -d parameter, detach) is a big plus. You'll use putty to connect to your box as usual - using ssh or telnet - it doesn't matter. Once logged on, you resume your screen session using 'screen -rd' (or just screen -r but I've found that it doesn't always work without the -d). When you want to leave the session, but not kill it, you do a ctrl-a+d, and then log out as normal. This is the same procedure, regardless how you got to the box - from xterm, ssh or putty. > Thanks a lot for your time. You're welcome :) Glad to be able to help. Regards Peter Larsen -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
