In Ubuntu, how do you create a bash session you can disconnect from and reconnect to remotely without X?

Check screen(1): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_software

You can set up an OpenSSH server or a telnet server.

@mrentropy: There is an ssh server. How would I reconnect to an existing bash session?

@hsw: Thank you! I see that “Persistence” is supported with GNU Screen. Do you know of anything else which supports persistence so that I may choose from all available options?

ssh works kind of like telnet. You would use an ssh client to connect to the ssh server. If bash is the default shell for the account you login in with then you’d get your bash shell.

@mrentropy: I am familiar with telnet/ssh. I have written Telnet/TN5250/TN3270 clients. The real question is how would I reconnect to an existing bash session?

@hsw: I am using screen and it works. THANKS AGAIN!

@malevolentbutticklish Oh. I misunderstood. Glad you got something working.