I have a box running centos 6. I have a console program that is running a server program that has to run in a working directory and in a console. I want to be able to run it on the box on a direct console. However, I want to be able to view that console from a ssh terminal from a remote location. Is there a way to SSH in and bring and view that terminal? I want to do this because this console program crashes from time to time and I want to be able to restart it and not have to have my say laptop opened and connected in that terminal to run it. What happens is when I close that remote terminal window of course that program gets killed. I know I could do this with vnc adn gnome but I just want to be able to do this through ssh.

Have you considered screen?

Edit: And then there's ttysnoop, of course.

If I understand this right, screen you would have to start out using screen in order to get it back? Cant just grab a local shell that is already running right?

Yes, that's correct.

What happens if you are in a screen and you suddenly get disconnected? The screen stays live since it is started until you Ctr-l k right?

That's the whole idea. You can reconnect to a detached screen session with screen -r.

Okay I think this will work fine. Just a lot of commands makes it seem more complicated than it really is. But thank you for telling me about screen. I had never heard of it before.