I 've posted here following question:
When administering FreeBSD server I had a watch utility allowing me to
read users tty and write to it.
Do you know such utility for DU 3.2 ?
I recived only one answer from Randy Styka (randy_at_computron.com):
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Hello! Our company sells a product called PEEK that will do what
you want. PEEK lets you see what a user is doing, and allows you
to type on behalf of that user. It is available for DU 3.2, as
well as a large variety of other versions of Unix (HP, Sun, AIX,
DG, SCO, Linux, etc.)
For more information, send a message to peek_at_computron.com or
visit www.computron.com
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I 've also recived info about PEEK's features:
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PEEK for Unix Product Features
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Administration: Help users without running to their terminal: see
their error messages, their screens, their input!
Problem Solving: When PEEK is started, all data in the current
buffers is displayed; this gives you some past
history, to allow you to diagnose user problems even
after they have occurred, often after they have
disappeared from the monitored user's screen.
Poke Mode: Input into any terminal from another terminal!
Gracefully log out unattended terminals. With Poke
mode, you become another terminal. You can type
anything on behalf of another user, including an
<interrupt>!
Training: Each student's terminal PEEKs on the screen of the
instructor and sees exactly what the instructor
sees!
Productivity: Use PEEK to work with multiple terminals at once and
run programs on each of them. Switch back and forth
between these sessions! Authorized users can PEEK
and Poke on any terminal that is already logged in.
Console Access: Type system console commands from any authorized
user.
Script Access: Set up shell scripts to poke commands on user
terminals or to execute console commands!
Ease of Use: A message command is included to easily send text to
the monitored user while they are typing. [Our
Status Line Message software allows messages to be
sent to the status line of the terminal without
disrupting the screen (extra cost option).]
Supports: Local terminals, dial in users, TCP/IP users,
character based X-Windows users, any logged in user!
(The only exception is graphical X-Windows users.)
Control: Restrict PEEK access by user id or group based on
the monitored user's id/group.
Auditors: Invoke PEEK as a background process into a output
file to get a log of a user's activities!
Support: A one year warranty is included, providing new
releases and telephone support.
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For me it is too expensive (price depends on number of PEEK'able users)
but some readers of this list may find it interesting solution for theit
problems.
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Zygmunt Gorszczynski Computing Center
Network Administrator Academy of Economics
egon_at_ae.katowice.pl Katowice Poland
Received on Mon Jan 19 1998 - 12:21:36 NZDT