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Questions tagged [session]

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Sharing the same `ssh-agent` among multiple login sessions

Is there a convenient way to ensure that all logins from a given user (ie me) use the same ssh-agent? I hacked out a script to make this work most of the time, but I suspected all along that there was some way to do it that I had just missed. …
intuited
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Force logout a user

I When I logged into the machine as root and typed who to see which users are logged in, I found somebody else too logged in as root devuser pts/0 2011-11-18 09:55 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) root pts/1 2011-11-18 09:56…
Mithun Sreedharan
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How can I transfer all of my open tabs in Chrome in Android to Chrome on a desktop?

I know that I can go to history section in desktop and there I can locate the history of android tabs separately and then can open the tabs one by one. But I want to transfer all of my current Android session to desktop at once without going through…
ankit
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How can I get a new browser session when opening a new tab or window on Firefox/Chrome?

When opening new Internet Explorer window, a new browser session is issued. Therefore you can login with two different accounts on the same service (let's say Gmail). The same does not apply when opening a new tab in the same window in…
Mercer Traieste
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How can I keep a process alive after closing the putty session?

I am using putty to interact with Linux server. I have started a process using putty. The process is running and will take 5-6 hours. I want that process to keep running after I close the putty session. How can I keep that process alive after…
Prakash Panjwani
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Can I create a new session in another tab or window in Google Chrome?

I have multiple accounts on many of the same services. I would like a better way to manage my sessions. A personal Gmail account, and one for work A personal Amazon account, one for work A personal hosting account, one for work, one I manage for a…
macek
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How can I restore a lost Chrome session?

Computer shut down on me and the restore previous session button didn't work. Is there a file that shows previous session URLs? I remember hearing about this a while ago. Any help is appreciated thanks
Alan Mendoza
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Keep Session with Terminator

I am using Terminator for multiple Terminal Sessions. I know I can start with custom Session layout but most of the time I have changing Session settings. Is it possible to save the current Session with terminator? For example if I shutdown the PC…
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Induce Mac graphical login from SSH

How do I induce the Mac graphical login from SSH? Is there a way to make the loginwindow process start a user session by running a command when remotely logged in via SSH as an admin on Mac OS X? When the machine is at the login window (no user is…
Sophie Alpert
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Runing a command without inheriting parent's environment

Is there a way to run a command "as if" it is in a new login session? I've already tried env -i. However, I don't want to deal with various ENV variables I have to set or unset. I've also tried bash -c "some command" and bash -l -c "some commmand",…
dgo.a
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How to recover a Notepad++ lost session

I had my Notepad++ with at least 50 opened files on it, organizing all my work. I left the computer as always hibernating overnight and surprise, this morning all was gone. An error message popped up when maximizing Notepad++, something along a file…
Peanuts
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Is there a way in Linux to update the user/group properties without having to login again?

After I edit /etc/group and I add a user to groups it didn't belong to, the user will not be able to use it's newly acquired privileges unless it starts a new session. Is there a command to refresh user/group properties in an ongoing session?
Gubatron
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Quickly switching between virtual sessions (screen?)

I'd like to have few virtual session in one putty window and change between them quickly. What's the best way to do that? screen? I know I can detach with ctrl+ad and then reattach to a different session, but it's seems like a lot of typing.
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How to end FTP session in Chrome, to log in with different credentials?

I've just opened an FTP site through Chrome which requires authentication, and I've logged in with some credentials. Now I need to re-log in on that FTP with some different credentials. How can I make Chrome forget about the previous session and ask…
Áxel Costas Pena
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Can Firefox be used with multiple Private Browsing sessions?

I have a need to use Firefox with multiple independent sessions, due to some websites with problematic path-dependent navigation. Firefox's "Private Browsing" option seems to allow multiple windows and tabs, but they are all tied to the same…
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