[oclug] Displaying remote console session not your own

[Ross Jordan]

> 
> I used to remember how to do this :-)
> 
> I want to display the current screen on tty2 (or ttyS1, etc) when I'm 
> logged into tty1
> Lets assume I don't want to hit cntrl-alt-F2 :-)
> (Actually - I'm logged in remotely  - I can't)
> I thought I could `cat /dev/tty2` but that doesn't seem to working...
> Brian

There was a neat program, I think it was called ttysnoop or something
along those lines, that would allow the root user to hijack sessions
of other ttys (either local or ssh/telnet). You could view exactly
what another user was doing, including injecting commands.

-Ross


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