[KLUG Members] Screen rocks!!!

[Bob Kanaley]

Just in case anyone else on the list might be interested:

I use SSH and VNC over SSH to manage my remote Linux boxen.

On my local box I inevitably end up initiating multiple xterms each with an
SSH session to have multiple remote sessions.

The January issue of Linux Journal had an article on the program screen. I
have been using it all of two days and love it.

By running screen on the remote machine I only have one SSH session open,
but I can easily create multiple consoles on the remote server (Ctrl-A, C) .
Big Whop, right.

The kool part is that I can quickly hot key between remote consoles (Ctl-A,
n|p) and I can copy from the screen buffer (Ctrl-A,[, navigate, mark with
spacebar, navigate, end mark with spacebar ) and paste (Ctl-A, ]) between
consoles.

<aside It's a sad statement that I can get such joy from such small things.
/aside>

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk@agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com