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kalenpw
Asked: 2015-11-25 00:16:56 +0800 CST

Connecting to existing terminal from iPhone to Ubunutu desktop [duplicate]

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I run a small Minecraft server on an Ubuntu PC in my house. Sometimes I have to manage the server outside of my home so I use an ssh client on my phone. This works, but each time I close the app and then relaunch I have to create a new terminal session. How can I toggle to the existing one?

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    I suggest you install and keep screen running. It's a terminal multiplexer, in other words - terminal session splitter.

    You have to have multiuser mode enabled to that you can attach to that session. So inside the terminal on the server, press Ctrl+a , then immediately Shift+;. The bottom of the screen will highlight and you will see a semicolon there. Type in multiuser on.

    Now, from another computer you can SSH into your server, and type in screen -ls to know the title of the session. Example:

    xieerqi:$ screen -ls
There is a screen on:
        4704.pts-5.eagle        (11/24/2015 01:23:04 AM)        (Multi, attached)

    Type in screen -x sessionTitle to attach. Example:

    screen -x 4704.pts-5.eagle

    Now you're back to the existing session.

    To detach, use Ctrl+A, followed by d

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