[KLUG Members] Shadowing a terminal

Dirk Bartley members@kalamazoolinux.org
Mon, 03 Dec 2001 19:05:34 -0500


Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 
> >>>>Is it possible to shadow a terminal?  I'm thinking of something
> >>>>similar in nature to shadowing a citrix session but with a simple text
> >>>>based console.  Is there a way to accomplish watching what someone else is
> >>>>doing while they do it to assist in remotely assisting people.
> >>>>Screen
> >>>BTW, since you mentioned Citrix, I hope you know about X-Windows'
> >>>inherit capabilites,
> >>program runs on any host, and displays on any host.  I'm looking for
> >>displays on two hosts.
> 
> For X you'd need xrfb0server to do that.
> 

Searching freshmeat and google for xrfb0server or xrfb yeilded nothing
promising.  What is xrfb0server?

Dirk