Maynard Kuona said: > If I use a program like putty to SSH into my box, how does it handle > stuff like me doing apt-get update or something like that. Does it > require that I remain connected through SSH until it is done, Yes, because disconnecting would be equivelent to logging out of the terminal. > or can I > immediately disconnect and it will continue the commands I have given. > Or is there a way to do this. man screen -- William Hooper -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list