when i am logged into my server via SSH how can i spawn many ssh terminals? is there a xterm command for this?
6 Answers
Try using screen
Or just open up another terminal and ssh into the server again.
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yes it is indeed screen i have to use. i wish you had elaborated a wee more. i found what i was looking at: cyberciti.biz/tips/… although i was looking to pop up more terminals on gnome, it does still does the job– sterzNov 25, 2010 at 21:48
Use screen for this. First, create a startup script for screen like the following:
screen ssh host1
screen ssh host2
...
screen ssh hostN
Then start screen with:
screen -c startup_script
You probably should use ssh-agent to have password less logins for ssh sessions.
terminator can do miracles. Prepare a layout with the number of terminals you want, and call terminator with the -l argument, eg.:
terminator -l mylayout
You can also use it on your workstation and spawn as many ssh sessions you want.
Previously, i would have use clusterssh for that purpose, but terminator is so easier to deal with window placement
Use ctrl-alt-F2 to get to a new console login. Log in and type "startx -- :1" and it will start X in a new session. You can now go back to you old X session(:0) by using ctrl-alt-F7 and your newly created session by using ctrl-alt-F8. FYI, the console/X corresponding function keys are F1==F7, F2==F8, F3==F9 etc.
You can start a third X session by using ctrl-alt-F3, logging in and typing "startx -- :2". This session will be on F3/F9. All that is assuming you haven't changed any of the mingetty settings in /etc/inittab
Hope this helps you.
Type "xterm&" to launch a new terminal already logged into the remote computer, displaying on the local display.
you could create a script called "myxterms" or something like that.. have it startup when you start X. This would spawn 5 xterm:
---CUT---
#!/bin/sh
for i in seq 1 5
do
xterm &
done
--- CUT ---
or if you want to spawn multiple ssh connections to different hosts in different xterms you could do:
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#!/bin/sh
xterm -e ssh -l username1 myhost1 &
xterm -e ssh -l username2 myhost2 &
xterm -e ssh -l username3 myhost3 &
xterm -e ssh -l username4 myhost4 &
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