Hello Richard, hello all,
> > [listen only as root]
> > > mheard [-d cmns] [-n] [-o cfpt] [-v] [port ...]
> > >
> > > Or simply mheard <port> you can then see who is on channel.
> >
> > Hmm, and how do I include this in some certain program? Excuse
> > me, but I do not want wo waste all my consoles when I do Packet
> > Radio.
>
> How many consoles do we have 6 and then under X plenty more, i see no
> problem there. you could also redirect the output to /dev/tty12 for example.
As I mentioned in another message its just me preferring to have
all information on _one_ screen. I do nat want to switch consoles
or move around a lot of xterm windows (this can be really annoying
if you happen to have only a 14" monitor just like me).
> > I _didn't_ want to start a listen on some remote server. This
> > obviously does not make any sense. I wanted to start some sort of
> > listen program on my _local_ box, ie. the one I sit in front of, as
> > user without root permissions.
>
> I changed permissions years ago as soon as i saw what people were doing.
Hmm *thinking*...
I thought you need root permissions in order to open the socket?
Did you have a version of listen that used to have only that part for
opening the socket set to UID root?
How about two different versions of a listen utility? So it would
depend on the remote server's admin whether stupid users are able
to trash the links or not ....:)
Cheers, 73
Gerd
