List, is there an equivalent on Linux as "watch" under FreeBSD, as well as the "snp" or snoop device that permits one to watch what is going on in another terminal? Yes there are privacy issues here, but in a home system with a couple of folks logged in trying to help with compiling stuff, it'd be nice to see what and how they are doing it. Thanks... -- Snowman
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 16:42, Sam Drinkard wrote:> List, is there an equivalent on Linux as "watch" under FreeBSD, as well > as the "snp" or snoop device that permits one to watch what is going on > in another terminal? Yes there are privacy issues here, but in a home > system with a couple of folks logged in trying to help with compiling > stuff, it'd be nice to see what and how they are doing it. > > Thanks...You probably want to take a look at vnc. You will need to configure and start vncserver on the system you want to look at. Then you run vncviewer from your system. vncviewer can be run in a couple of modes, you can set it up so you only view or you can use it to allow you to control the other system, drive the mouse and such. Note: if you are doing this over the Internet you will want to run this over an ssh tunnel as vnc is not secure. ssh can also help resolve firewall issues as well.
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Sam Drinkard > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:42 PM > To: CentOS at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Equivalent command or file > > List, is there an equivalent on Linux as "watch" under FreeBSD, as > well > as the "snp" or snoop device that permits one to watch what is going > on > in another terminal? Yes there are privacy issues here, but in a home > system with a couple of folks logged in trying to help with compiling > stuff, it'd be nice to see what and how they are doing it.Screen is an option. Both of you log in with the same username; you as the root user 'su - username' will work. One of you execute 'screen', the other execute 'screen -x' afterward. -- Marc
On 16/09/05, Sam Drinkard <sam at wa4phy.net> wrote:> List, is there an equivalent on Linux as "watch" under FreeBSD, as well > as the "snp" or snoop device that permits one to watch what is going on > in another terminal? Yes there are privacy issues here, but in a home > system with a couple of folks logged in trying to help with compiling > stuff, it'd be nice to see what and how they are doing it.If you've got expect installed you'll probably have kibitz which I suspect is exactly what you're after. It's dead handy. kibitz (1) - allow two people to interact with one shell INTRODUCTION kibitz allows two (or more) people to interact with one shell (or any arbitrary program). Uses include: ? A novice user can ask an expert user for help. Using kibitz, the expert can see what the user is doing, and offer advice or show how to do it right. ? By running kibitz and then starting a full-screen editor, people may carry out a conversation, retaining the ability to scroll backwards, save the entire conversation, or even edit it while in progress. ? People can team up on games, document editing, or other cooperative tasks where each person has strengths and weaknesses that complement one another. Will.