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= SCREEN SHARING PROCEDURE =
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Use (or customize) screenrc on:
http://gist.github.com/252539
Friend must have a UNIX account @hostname
reachable through ssh
= Host: user@hostname =
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$ chmod +s /usr/bin/screen
$ screen -S shared_session
= Client =
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$ ssh friend@hostname
$ screen -x user/shared_session
SCREEN COMMANDS
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Ctrl+A c # create a new window
Ctrl+A N # go to the window N (with N in 0..9)
Ctrl+A n # go to the next window
Ctrl+A k # kill current window
Ctrl+A d # detach current session
screen -r # attach to an open session
Credits to http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNU-Screen-Tutorial-44274.shtml
Thanks to Oliver Laumann for creating GNU screen and to
Wayne Davison, Juergen Weigert and Michael Schroeder for the latest version.
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