[Gllug] Like vnc, only text

[Pete Ryland]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 06:28:31PM +0000, Alex Hudson wrote:
> Anyone,
> 
> Is there any kind of tool like vnc for consoles? I basically want
> remote, programmatic access to a tty on a server. I could log in
> remotely, but that's not quite what I'm after - something's running on a
> virtual terminal, and I want to poke my nose in from time to time and
> possibly issue keystrokes.
> 
> Now, I have a vague solution that I can code, based on a (fictitious :)
> Perl module called Alex::Screen (or something ;) to connect to various
> screen sessions on a (remote) server - obviously, setting up the initial
> terminals as screens rather than just running commands at a prompt is
> fine, but I was just wondering if anyone knew of an easier way of doing
> it.
> 
> Perhaps I can access the tty device? I'm not really in favour of doing
> this particularly, but I would be interested in any relevant IOCTLs (I
> can't see any, though). Would anyone else be interested in a tool such
> as that I'm describing? Anyone knowing of one/using one - I would be
> grateful if you could enlighten me ;)

Sounds like a job for ttysnoop.

Pete
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