Kill or continue lost Linux sessions

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I have an unreliable Internet connection. Sometimes it is lost while logged on to the text command interface of a Ubuntu server. This results in a "garbage" user session (seen when using the who command).

Is there any way I can login to the server and continue an old session, or should I kill the "garbage" sessions? In that case, how do I do that without killing the current session?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 12 '12 at 13:40

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screen and tmux are your friend here. Run your remote commands in a screen session and when you lose connection and reconnect, you can simply reattach to those sessions.

edited Nov 12 '12 at 13:40

Gruber

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answered Nov 12 '12 at 13:17

Dennis Kaarsemaker

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Sounds like great programs. I'll give them a shot. No way to reconnect using a standard Linux textual command? – Gruber Nov 12 '12 at 13:20
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Those *are* the standard :) – Dennis Kaarsemaker Nov 12 '12 at 13:24

Kill or continue lost Linux sessions

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