monitoring actions in screen

zeky · 09-03-2002, 03:40 PM

hey...

is it possible 2 monitor/see what a user is doing in screen?

thanx

pbcroberge · 09-03-2002, 07:10 PM

I dont know enough to say, but maybe you can use VNC. You might be able to run it on the system to be watched and have it transmit the screen image to your pc with VNC viewer. Email me at pdx_roberge@fastmail.fm if you have questions.

-pbcRoberge

Thymox · 09-03-2002, 07:15 PM

No, VNC does not show what a current user is doing. It starts a completely new X session on a different 'screen' and transmits this. You use VNC for remote controlling, not remote viewing.

zeky · 09-04-2002, 12:40 AM

yes i agree with Thymox about this... VNC wan't solve anything for me here

pbcroberge · 09-04-2002, 11:31 AM

I was just referring to how i've used in in windows (controlling with mouse and keyboard another computer), i thought i'd mention it.
-pbcRoberge

Thymox · 09-04-2002, 05:35 PM

I can't think of any way to directly 'spy' on what someone is doing... I've no doubt there you can, I'm just not sure how! The closest I could come was to keep a vigil on what processes they are running by using ps -u username. HTH