Remote machines

Cmdop separates four actions:

Start by joining this machine. For cross-host terminal access, the target must be joined to the fleet, running, and reachable through its configured remote-terminal address.

The current one-shot connect exec path is self/loopback scoped and must not be treated as the non-interactive equivalent of cross-host terminal attach.

To talk to another machine’s agent rather than attaching a terminal, use cmdop fleet.

Remote does not always mean terminal

Use a terminal when you need direct interactive control. Use cmdop fleet when you want the other machine’s agent to interpret a task, use tools, and report back. Use cmdop machines when you only need inventory. Keeping those jobs separate avoids treating every remote-machine action as a shell session.

Related

• Interactive terminal
• One-shot execution
• Relay entries