On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 07:37:55PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Friday, September 17, 2004 3:32 PM -0400 "ne..." <akabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > >I can confirm it does work over ssh when you are disconnected. > >You just have to give it a bit of time and then reconnect with > >'screen -r'. I also use it when I want to start compiling a big > >job and I am in between PCs... > > Sounds like the perfect thing to do when performing a remote > yum/apt/up2date update, to keep from hosing your RPM database when your > stupid ISP drops your connection, or a backhoe driver in the middle of the > country chops through the fiber you were routing through. It is -- there are some security cautions that are well discussed in the documentation. It takes a bit of getting used to. You can have an editor open and running... if you forget you can have version or last write wins strange things. It is a good tool, there are some places where nothing else solves the problem. -- T o m M i t c h e l l In the USA, vote informed, second Tuesday Nov 2004.
