Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 00:00:53 +0200 From: "Reko Turja" <reko.turja@liukuma.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> Subject: Re: Running top on system console without being logged on Message-ID: <040201c4f372$06d09210$92a7cb52@rekon> References: <1761142680.20050104050725@wanadoo.fr>
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> I'd like to run top on the system console to keep an eye on the > system, > but I'd prefer not to have the console logged on to do so. Is there > an > elegant way to do this? How about creating a user like this with vipw: topper::userno:groupno::0:0:Topper Harley:/nonexistent:/usr/bin/top and then just logging in on spare console screen as topper? I'm not sure if there are security implications though, even if the user is not member of the wheel group etc. -Reko
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