Mike Jagdis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, brian beuning wrote:
> 
> > All these nice dctrl features are lost on me because my linux box does
> > not have X installed, and it usually does not have a monitor connected
> > either.  I telnet into Linux, and only connect a monitor when I have made a
> > system config change that does not let it reboot.
> 
> Then TCP monitor connections may be for you :-). Use the Windows
> port of tcl/tk to run dctrl and connect via TCP to diald on the
> Linux system.

Hmm, the reason I never did this in the first place was that I feared
the security implications. At the very least you should arrange to reject
connections from "outside" IP addresses. I suppose you could require a
connection password as well...

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