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Re: Managing tasks through remote access



"Morbo" <morbo@freemail.hu> writes:

> 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?
> 
> Also if I could do that, could I then log in back again later and find the
> applications I left there and interact with them as if I hadn't left? (I
> guess this if this is possible at all, it will be more difficult with X.)

I've never used it myself, but some friends swear by VNC (Virtual
Network Computing) - http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

-- 
Keith Willoughby
"Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. 
Sure she's a great piece of tail with a blouse full of 
goodies, but it's just illegal." - Topper Harley



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