Created by Daniel on 11/22/2024
Sometimes, me and my linux buddies want to fix some dependencies or learn from each other by sharing a screen. Since we are working on a target machine (eg installing typo3 or magento2) we could use some screensharing software. Howver i really like the option to share a screen via SSH. And by screen I mean the actualy linux screen, not a display output.
The first user starts the screen by giving it a specific name something like:
screen -L -S danielknows
Then the second user can connect to the machine via SSH and attach him/herself to the same screen.
screen -x danielknows
This way you type together in one shell, and help debugging if somebody is stuck or in need of help. I really like this low-level approach to collective typing on the shell. You can literally see the keystrokes appearing like working together in a modern webbased document sharing solution, but on SSH. Epic.