shutdown pc after i issue a command on a server?

nocturna_gr

I, for example, connect to a server from my PC via ssh. I issue a command and then shutdown my PC.
Will the command keep being executed on the server?
Logically yes, but when i close an xterm window, or shutdown a PC, i don't think that is what really happens.

The question is general and applies for ftp, scripts and all other programs.
Are things different if i issue the command in the background (scriptname &, for example)?

Let experience speak.
Thanks

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject:

nocturna_gr,

You need to nohup the command as in

racoontje · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 1290

If you want to understand what's happening above: nohup will run a command and make it immune to several signals (man nohup) and '&' makes it run in the background.

nocturna_gr · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:40 pm Post subject:

I did "nohup rsync ..blabla... > /dev/null &". However, the following happens!
If i exit ssh first and the close the xterm window of the client, the command keeps running OK. But if i close immediately the xterm - that is not good as security concerns, is it?- the rsync stops. Why does that happen?

chunderbunny · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject:

The easiest way of dealing this is with a program called screen. It basically allows you "detach" a terminal session from your current console (whether locally or via SSH) so that it runs in the background. You can then reattach the screen session later.