--On August 12, 2005 11:57:25 AM -0700 "Shannon R." <shannon_mtbikes@yahoo.com> wrote:
good day everyone! i do most of my work thru a ssh connection to a remote debian server. i've been having connection problems lately though and would get disconnected almost every hour or two. is it possible to resume dropped ssh connections as if i was never disconnected? im using putty as ssh client on a windows machine.
No because your address will ususally change or the debian machine will realise you're gone and shut down the session for you.
What you can do is install and use a utility called 'screen' -- apt-get install screen ; man screen
you'll have to make sure 'autodetach on' is inside of your ~/.screenrc (not sure if autodetach is the default) but screen basically 'wraps' your session and allows you to disconnect (detach), while it keeps the sessions open. it's also a primitive text-based windowing environment.