Many thanks to a wonderful list. I won't list the names of those who responded
since the list is long but again, many thanks. The summary of responses is below
with the original question following.
SUMMARY:
1. Use the 'tee' command to send the output to the pts device of the junior
admin: telnet host | tee /dev/pts/# .
2. Use the GNU program 'screen'. I haven't installed this yet but it is
something for the future.
3. Locate the programs 'peek', 'GNU ttysnoop' or 'tty-watcher'.
4. Use 'kibitz'. It doesn't come on the system but part of the tk/tcl/expect
suite. Since I will be rolling this out locally it will help for my local
troubleshooting.
5. Use the command 'script'. This works along the same lines as option #1. The
commadn would be: script /dev/pts/#
Most likely I will be using either option #1 or #5 to do the work. I don't have
to install any software at the remote site and it should work with most of the
UNIX operating systems.
QUESTION:
> Has anyone heard of a utility or method that will allow telnet
> output/input to be displayed on two systems?
>
> I have recently become the senior UNIX administrator for two sites,
> one of which is 2 hours away. I would like to be able to telnet to
> their systems and have whatever I type and receive be displayed on the
> junior administrator's screen so they can watch (and learn) what I am
> doing. I know that can be done for X-Windows but we are connected via
> a saturated 256K line and upgrading the link is not an option.
Ken McKinlay
Unix Administrator
Lockheed Martin Canada, Kanata
(613) 599-3280 x861
Ken.McKinlay@lmco.ca
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