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Re: [ossig] Using ssh to run a program locally ?



Look like what he wants is to display stuff on a remote display, that
has no X support and keyboard.

If you do not want the program to die, use inittab to ensure there is
one running copy. 

Changing the running program would require editing inittab.

Mukhsein Johari wrote:
> 
> --- Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel <Udippel@uniten.edu.my>
> wrote:
> > > > ssh kiosk
> > > > screen
> > > > mpg123 mysong.mp3
> > >
> > > But how do you then get the app output to the
> > kiosk CRT?
> >
> [snip]
> > ssh kiosk
> > ./entertain > /dev/ttyC0 [yes, the kiosk runs BSD]
> >
> > Works for root only (no problem) and screws up the
> > display. From time to
> > time the program crashes without notification. So,
> > no real solution.
> >
> 
> Uwe, what are you trying to do? If you have a local
> terminal but no keyboard, how are you going to
> 'interact' with the terminal? _is_ there any
> interaction? That is, do you want the kiosk crt to
> display as you type into _your_ workstation terminal?
> Is the program interactive?
> 
> I think what you really want is a program that simply
> echoes the terminal output to a 'terminal' on the
> kiosk. Is your program curses-based?
> 
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