It's mostly terminal/ssh stuff. Very usefull for servers and whatnot... Besides. How secure it it if I simply switch virtual consoles? A simple alt-Fx and your there. I want to be logged out of the system. I just used the nohup command and everything seems to be working. Lot's a hard drive access etc. Thanks for the help everyone. sim > You didn't state that you were using a dumb terminal, but everyone > that > responded seemed to assume so. If you're not using a dumb terminal, I > suggest switching to a different virtual console (alt-F1, alt-F2, ... > alt-f8) or (better) running Xwindows and switching to a different > xterm/rxvt > window. The other methods are much more arcane, albeit very useful > when > using a dumb terminal.