Re: Using screen's su command to attach to somebody else's lost session

2006-09-22 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 03:48:48PM +0800, Wayne Ivory wrote: > 1.I modified a forklift driver's .profile to do a screen -list and > look for the word "Attached". If it is found then it does a screen -x > to attached to the dropped session, otherwise it runs screen and invokes > the ERP system.

Re: Using screen's su command to attach to somebody else's lost session

2006-09-22 Thread Tim Neto
Hello Wayne, You as IT (root) can do this. If the supervisor know the employee's password (security risk), the supervisor could su to become the employee. I use the following script to "mirror" user sessions, while I'm running as root. You might be able to use something like it. Script: ---

Using screen's su command to attach to somebody else's lost session

2006-09-21 Thread Wayne Ivory
The company I work for uses a proprietary ERP system that the users connect to using a telnet client (Appgen).  We also have forklift operators driving around using radio links via another telnet application.  The ERP system uses a somewhat antiquated architecture and gets very sad about lo