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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:42:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
To: "Goeringer, Michael" <goeringerm@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil>
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Subject: RE: Locking telnet screen
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I'm thinking of making it a port/package....I'll email you the source
tonight (EST).  If there's enough interest in a better terminal locking
util, I'd love to see more people using gone.  We use it here at U.M.
all the time.

Joe Clarke

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Goeringer, Michael wrote:

> Joe,
> 
> Sounds like a neat utility, I'd like to get a copy.
> Maybe you could make this available as a package or a port?
> 
> Michael G.
> 
> ----------
> From:  Joe "Marcus" Clarke[SMTP:jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu]
> Sent:  Monday, January 05, 1998 3:53 PM
> To:  Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II
> Cc:  freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:  Re: Locking telnet screen
> 
> I wrote a terminal locking utility that improves over the built-in
> 'lock'.  If lock timesout, it will drop you back to your shell.  If my
> program times out, it will log you out.  Also, with my program, you can
> run a limited set of commands from the "gone shell."  If you'd like, it
> (it's free and ported to FreeBSD, Ultrix, OSF/1, and IRIX), I'll email
> you the source.  It comes with a man page that describes things better.
> 
> Joe Clarke
> 
> 
> On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II wrote:
> 
> > How would one lock a telnet screen so one could walk away from their
> > station without closing the connection?
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *********************************
> > *       M C S   N E T    	*	
> > * Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II	*
> > *	  jrs@mcs.net		*
> > *********************************
> > 
> > 
>