Re: can screen protect me against dropped ssh connections?

[Aaron Bingham]

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Eric Wood wrote:
> Thanks to dropped ssh connections I have hung user sessions on my
> server.  So I thought screen could help.
> 
> 1. If a telnet/ssh connection drops, will screen auto-detach so that a
> subsequent login will reatach automatically and pick up just were the
> user left off?

I use screen primarily to solve this problem.  I don't know whether
screen can be configured to automatically reattach at login; I have not
tried.  Running screen -R after logging in again gets me back to where I
was interrupted, however.

Regards,

Aaron Bingham


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