[Cialug] Window manager for servers

[Jeff Chapin]

I typically use 'screen -x', since I am never disconnecting, or killing
my old sessions. I just lock the PC and walk a way, or (on more secure
servers) I disconnect  from the server.

I enjoy having the screen -x in my bashrc, but that is a personal
preference. Again, on my more secure computers I avoid that, simply to
remind myself where I am and what I am doing, as well as to avoid giving
anyone that did manage to compromise my account a 'freebie'.

Jeff

Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:03 PM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
>   
>> I pretty much always use screen when I'm going to do anything more
>> complicated than a few 1-liners in an ssh session.
>>     
>
> So you start screen manually when you want to use it?
>
> ssh hostname
> screen
>
> or ssh hostname screen
>
> I've heard some chatter about pros and cons of having screen start
> automatically in various ways.
>