- Install screen using "yum install screen" CentOS and Redhat or "apt-get install screen" for Debian or Ubuntu distributions.
- To start a session just type "screen" from an SSH or Console session.
- To deattach from a session either close the SSH client or press Ctrl-A follwed by D
- To return to your screen session open another SSH or console session and enter "screen -ls" or "screen -list". This will give you the screen process ID.
The output should look much like this.
Start screen
user@server:~$ screen
user@server:~$
Deattach
CTRL-A then D to deattach.
Find screen process ID
user@server:~$ screen -list
There is a screen on:
19501.pts-1.server (01/13/2013 02:40:56 PM) (Detached)
Reattach to screen session
user@server:~$ screen -r 19501.pts-1.server
user@server:~$
