On Jul 28, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Jason Parker wrote: > Philipp Kempgen wrote: >> I would suggest screen ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen ). >> screen doesn't solve the security aspect of your question though. >> >> Grüße, >> Philipp Kempgen > > Actually, it could. What I've done before, is give out an > unprivileged account > on the box (or some intermediate gateway box). Once they log in, > you ask them > to run screen (as the unprivileged user) to connect to a session > you've created, > then proceed to login as root yourself. > > > If they disconnect their screen session, they leave your root > terminal. You can > also kill the screen session at any time. > > _____
If you have X running you could also do VNC which would let you see what they are doing. Perhaps just change run level when they need access? _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
