Re: Managing tasks through remote access
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 08:30:34PM +0200, Morbo wrote:
> Unfortunatly I have only space for one screen and keyboard. I could use some
> switch, but they usually degrade image quality at high resolution (or cost a
> fortune), so I found it's much more convenient to telnet/ssh into the linux
> machine if I want to use it. I'm also want to try some free X servers for
> Win32 (any suggestions?) so that I could actually log in through X.
What you describe is the configuration recommended by the authors of
VNC. (Of course, everyone I know who uses VNC has a linux desktop
and runs a VNC server on the Windows box...)
> Is it possible to log in through telnet and ideally also through X into the
> Linux machine, start an ftp client or irc client etc. then close the
> connection again with the started applications continueing to run?
Yup. If you can just let it run, `nohup somecommand --args &` will
let it keep running even after you log out. If you want to reconnect
with the task for further interaction at some point in the future,
use screen.
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