[KLUG Members] Shadowing a terminal
Bert Obbink
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:22:39 +0100
Dirk Bartley wrote:
>Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
>
>>Dirk H Bartley 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.
>
>>especialy when combined with VNC (Virtual Network
>>Computing).
>>
>
>vnc is wonderful. It is however higher bandwidth than what I am hoping, I am
>looking for a single terminal and not a desktop.
>
>>-- TheBS
>>
>>--
>>
>Dirk
>
Could this somehow be used in a school environment where a teacher can
watch what each student is doing by connetcting to a particular desktop
and/or connect all the student desktops to his own so he can show what
he is doing?
Bert
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