Re: [gentoo-user] viewing consoles remotely

[Ryan Tandy]

Iain Buchanan wrote:
> I am aware of screen, but AFAIK screen can't show the buffer locally on
> the console as well as remotely to a user, at the same time...
>
> thanks for the tips,

# screen -x (name of screen)

Multi-user mode.  Only works as root, regardless of who started the screen.

For your situation, assuming I've interpreted it correctly, you should 
get the user to SSH into your box, set their shell in /etc/passwd to 
/usr/bin/screen -S (something memorable) /bin/bash, and yourself run 
sudo screen -x (something memorable) to view it.

Beware if you're trying to spy without being noticed: screen -x is 
interactive, so be careful what keys you hit.
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