screen (GNU Screen) is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. GNU screen official page: downloads and documentation; screen command reference; introductory article from kuro5hin.org, GNU Screen: an introduction ...
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Can I force a screen session on a user?
How can I watch another user's shell session? I'd like to evaluate another user's behavior. I'm looking into using screen, but I don't know how to force his terminal to start a screen session.
Is ...
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Neverending screen.
My goal is to start bunch of processes from bash in screen but screen should not terminate after the process running in it ends or stops with error.
So im going to do someting like:
do a config file ...
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How/What RC level to use to start a screen with Display attached.
Some times, after a reboot, some of my apps that have a GUI close. These apps provide web interface as well, but only if their gui potion is open.
If the unit is physically available to me, I can ...
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What is the right syntax to enable logging in gnu screen?
I have set up a screen rc file like this:
log on
shelltitle apt
logfile $HOME/configs/screen/screenlogs/apt.log
logtstamp after 120
and I am starting like this:
screen -c ~/configs/screen/apt.rc
...
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Applying memory limits to screen sessions
You can set memory usage limits for standard Linux applications in: /etc/security/limits.conf
Unfortunately, I previously thought these limits only apply to user applications and not system services. ...
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ssh agent authorization in a detached screen session
I have an ssh script which use ssh key forwarding on a remote system to do thing in even more remote systems.
I have to run the script in a screen session so that I can detach from it. But the ...
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Starting a screen while su'ed into another user from an alias isn't working
minecraft@283823:~$ script /dev/null ; screen -t minecraft
Script started, file is /dev/null
minecraft@283823:~$ exit
Script done, file is /dev/null
Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/0' - please ...
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freeze and thaw tmux and/or terminal sessions?
I would like to be able to freeze and thaw tmux sessions. That is, to take a complex set of session state, persist it, and bring it back from some persistent store later. Essentially, git stash for ...
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screen -r spawning new prosses
I'm new to screen and I'm trying to figure out how to detach from a session and reattach later. So far I've tried:
$screen
C-a z (within screen to detach)
$screen -r
So far so good but when I C-a z ...
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How do you get TERM=screen-256color on CentOS 5.7?
CentOS 6.0 comes with the ability to set its TERM to screen-256color. It doesn't work in CentOS 5.7, though.
How can you get CentOS 5.7 to support screen-256color?
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screen and create multiple windows in
I have a little problem with screen.
I want to launch severals servers in a screen session, so I did a little script:
#!/bin/sh
screen -dmS servers
screen -S servers -t http -p 0 sh -c "cd ...
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disabling specific byobu/screen keybindings that conflict with vim keybindings
ctrl + a under byobu has either emacs mode or screen mode. However, I need keybindings like ctrl + a for vim's "increment value" method. How would I prevent byobu/screen from blocking certain keyboard ...
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SBS 2008 Dead Screen and Remote Desktop
We have an SBS 2008 server which has recently started behaving badly. At first we thought it was a memory issue, but we've since stopped all SharePoint services and we're left with Exchange and SQL on ...
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Irssi + Screen, timeouts/freezes
First of all sorry if this is not the right place to ask this, but I wish someone here could shed light on my problem:
I am running Irssi in screen, and if I don't activate the window every now and ...
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Discerning which GNU screen window is being used in a shell script
Using a shell script, how can you tell if a screen is running using shell scripts?
For example, using pseudocode:
IF (screen.screenname.running == TRUE)
or something like that.
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screen is not detached
I have a script and use the following command in it:
screen -dmS name bash -c "ls -1 > out"
What I am trying to achieve is to create a screen session, run a command and detach from it. The ...
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How to get screen command to indicate what screen you're looking at for ubuntu servers?
When I use the screen command in red hat it lists what screen I'm looking at in putty
However when I use the screen command in ubuntu 10.04 it doesn't list what screen I'm looking at in putty. Is ...
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Creating a backup script involving screens and java?
Hi guys I use centOS 64bit 5.7 and I need to create a backup script
What I want it to do:
screen -r example
command into java
pause for x amount of seconds
exit screen
zip/rar a folder which and ...
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FreeBSD out of box Screen/TMUX functionality?
Does FreeBSD include capabilities out of box that are similar to Screen or TMUX?
If so, what is the utility called?
Update: I'd rather not use Screen due to it licensing. TMUX is BSD-3 clause, which ...
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FreeBSD aliased user identification and GNU screen
The situation is the following.
I have FreeBSD user M, which is an alias for root, i.e., its UID equals to 0.
I have a daemon started as M (as a shell for an autologin console, if it matters).
The ...
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Why is WordPress not working properly? [closed]
A client of ours has the domain http://moneynotes.co.uk/wp, but unfortunately it just shows the page for a second and then shows a blank screen.
Why is this? What is missing or what is wrong?
James
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Using PHP to restart a process running within a screen
I have some server software running within a screen on a Linux (Debian if that matters) server. Every now and then I need to input some commands to the process so I want to keep it in the screen for ...
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Share screen session with users in the same group (Linux)
I can create a detached screen session using the following command:
[user1@host-pc ~]$ screen -d -m -S sname program
...and resume to it using this command:
[user1@host-pc ~]$ screen -r sname
Is ...
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Putty + Bash + Screen, up arrow for history not working (Ubuntu 11.10)
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 11.10 that I am logging into SSH via PuTTy. When I am inside screen, I cannot use the up arrow to recall bash history (though this works outside of screen). I ...
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Restart screen in screen session
Similarly to this question about restarting ssh when ssh is the only mode of connection to a server, what happens if I aptitude upgrade screen inside a screen session?
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Reconnect to screen and preserve splits
Is it possible to reconnect to a disconnected screen session and preserve the screen splits?
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Running php inside screen with parameters?
i am running a php file that takes up to 2-4 hours to run, and because my internet is so bad i will need to run it inside a linux server (screen). My question is: How can i run php file inside screen ...
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key mapping (superkey) over gnu screen or tmux
Here's what I want to do:
In these examples the Window Key/SuperKey = %
% S open up a terminal with screen enabled
% = Create a new screen
% - Remove current screen
% . Go to the next screen
% , ...
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customizing terminal ssh shell
The other day I saw someone connected to an ssh shell with status bars on the bottom (Mac OS X Terminal) of the terminal. It has things such as upload rate, memory usage, time, current username, and ...
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ulimit permissions are hard set directly from a screen instance. How can this be fixed?
At best I can describe this issue with a shell session:
This shows that ulimit works fine. This is the start of a normal ssh session:
$>ulimit -c
0
(ushanka:973:0) ~
$>ulimit -c unlimited
...
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How can I run a batch of commands inside one “screen” window?
I'm using screen (LINUX) to run servers or task, but I want to put more than one task in one screen, is it impossible? Like:
screen -A -m -d -S test_screen userdel -r user_test && useradd -m ...
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Continually check to make sure php script is running
Is it possible to configure my CentOS VPS to continually check to make sure that a php script is running? Currently I'm using the screen php method which works fine, but if it gets terminated somehow, ...
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256 Color Issue when using GNU Screen inside GNU Screen
When I have a SSH session in GNU Screen to another machine on which I'm also using GNU Screen, 256 colors don't seem to work. The $TERM is still set correctly. However, if I run Vim, the theme does ...
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Why can't I attach a screen session
I've got a screen session running which I would like to :quit, but I can't because when I try to re-attach, I get an error saying it can't open my terminal. I'm sure I could kill the daemon or ...
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run several bash scripts with expect code and leave them running
I have a bunch of several bash scripts that will perform some actions that require user input, therefore I'm using expect with it.
However, I need one to keep running. But if I use expect, the expect ...
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Can't type in commands after reattching to a screen session
Using CentOS 5, I have a screen session running and I often reattach to it after a day or two with the usual:
screen -r <sockname>
The session reattaches fine, and runs fine (I can see output ...
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screen not dropping down a line?
Minor annoyance with the Screen linux utility; when connected to a Linux (Fedora) box from my Mac (using Terminal), when I'm writing out a long command, usually when the text reaches the edge of the ...
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Ubuntu using screen to control a Java server
I have a shell script that makes a backup of my server files before starting it. However I wish it to instead of just running it open a new screen session and then start it from there. Once its ...
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I cannot use screen stuff command from cron, but I can from a shell script (same user)
I have a shell script on FreeBSD that sends a few screen stuff commands to a running screen session (which runs a Minecraft server). The commands work when I execute it manually.
But if I put the ...
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How can I return to nohup after logout?
I'm working on an AIX and cannot install screen but want to use its capabilities. Basically I want to be able to run a session (maybe logout), then the same user but logged in again to be able to get ...
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Send input to all screen windows
Is there a command in screen to replicate a command to every window? I'd like to send something such as 'reboot' to every window at once. Is this possible?
I've seen talk about the 'at' command via ...
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GNU Screen and Tmux: tips and tricks
So I am a big fan of the multiplexers like GNU Screen and Tmux, but even using Screen for years now I still recognize that there are many things there I don't know (and I only use Tmux for a couple of ...
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How to “Open a new window in GNU/Screen” by running a command?
I want to know how to accomplish this: Open a new window in GNU/screen, by running a command.
Here's what I want to do:
I uses GNU/screen daily. My laptop runs in UTF-8 locale, and I need to ssh to ...
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How to check if I'm in screen session?
is it somehow possible to check if I'm right now in screen session? I need it to determine if hitting ctrl+d would disconnect me from server or just close current screen. Thanks.
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Why does redirecting 'script' to /dev/null/ allow 'screen' to work while su'ed as another user?
I was su'ed into a user to run a particular long running script. I wanted to use screen but I got the error message "Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/4' - please check."
So I Googled around and ...
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juniper screen os and akamai
Need to setup a policy on juniper netscreen firewall that would allow access to a content hosted by akamai. There are two options: to use an IP address or hostname. Using hostname does not work with ...
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embedded linux serial terminal
I have built a custom embedded system using debian 6.0.
using /etc/inittab i have made several (8) processes running on different /dev/ttyX terminals, which i can switch between using Alt+FX key ...
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Should I update the kernel on a Linux machine?
As I understand it, updating to a new kernel (with the normal linux-image... package, not by rolling my own) requires a server restart.
However, one of our servers (Ubuntu 10.04) is running several ...
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Specifying a log name for screen output without relying on .screenrc
In a bash script, I use "screen -L" to log executed commands in color. For example :
screen -L tree
Then we read logfile with less -R.
When this script is executed, other screens are ...
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Can't SSH through screen
I have set up hosts.allow on the remote Arch Linux server as follows:
sshd: ALL: ALLOW
while hosts.deny is set to:
ALL: ALL
I have no problems using SSH through Cygwin (with a Corkscrew tunnel ...
