If you want to use screen, open a ticket with the A2 Hosting Guru Crew at and request that the bash shell be enabled for your account. If your shell is set to jailshell, the screen program will not work.
To determine your current shell environment, log in to your account using SSH and type the following command: echo $SHELL For screen to work, the bash shell must be enabled on your account. For more information, please see the A2 Hosting Terms of Service.īy default, some types of accounts (such as shared hosting accounts) may not be able to use the screen program. For example, do not leave CPU-intensive processes running for a long time. Also, make sure you do not violate the A2 Hosting Terms of Service. Please do not leave idle screen sessions open for long periods of time. For example, to display the server hostname and window name at the bottom of the screen, add the following line to the ~/.screenrc file: hardstatus alwayslastline " %w " You may also want to create a customized status bar to make it easier to see which window you are currently using. You can view online help for the screen application by pressing Ctrl-a and then ?.To close a window or screen session, type exit.This command takes you to the next window. To move between windows, press Ctrl-a and then type n.A new window opens where you can type commands.
To open a new text window, press Ctrl-a and then type c.You can type commands and work in the shell as you normally would. This output shows that you currently have one attached screen session. You should see output similar to the following text: There is a screen on: You can obtain a list of active screen sessions by typing the following command: screen -ls If you receive an error message, please see the Troubleshooting section below.
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