How to auto-update SSH agent environment variables when attaching to existing tmux sessions?

There’s an excellent gist by Martijn Vermaat, which addresses your problem in great depth, although it is intended for screen users, so I’m adjusting it for tmux here. To summarize: create ~/.ssh/rc if it doesn’t exist yet, and add the following content: #!/bin/bash # Fix SSH auth socket location so agent forwarding works with tmux. … Read more

How can I reattach to tmux process

You can not re-attach a process id. You need to reattach the corresponding tmux session. So do tmux ls. Pick whatever session you want to re-attach. Then do tmux attach -d -t <session id> to re-attach it to a new tmux instance and release it from the old one.

How do I rename a pane in tmux?

Renaming a window Ctrl-b , where Ctrl-b is the default prefix key. Alternatively, run: tmux rename-window <new name> Or type Ctrl-b : rename-window <new name>. Renaming a pane In newer versions you can rename pane using: tmux select-pane -T <title> Or type Ctrl-b : select-pane -T <pane_name>. Also, I have set -g pane-border-status top and … Read more