Ubuntu – Lock a byobu session with password

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I used to leave my byobu sessions detached on a server. I want to lock the session to prevent other users (root account) accessing my session.

Is this possible?

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GNU screen (one backend that byobu can use, along with tmux) has the lockscreen functionality. Have a look at the man page to see what it does. The default binding is C-a C-x.

With regard to your trying to lock root out, it's rather pointless. What you can try is to find a locking program that let you set a password and hope that root doesn't know about it.

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bash gnu-screen byobu – Connect to Byobu Screen Session and Execute Command

You can directly attach to a previously detached byobu/screen session including the window:

byobu -r -p2

will reattach into window 2 (or a named one).

-X can send any command to a byobu/screen session and also works with the -p switch.

byobu -p2 -X stuff "uname -a $(echo -ne '\r')"

This will send a uname -a to the second (third actually) byobu window, the echo at the end sends a carriage return so the commands gets executed.

Byobu/screen constantly freezes in Putty

Try this, it worked for me on putty:

Ctrl+Q - XON
Ctrl+S - XOFF

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