[Tfug] Remote shell app

[steveb7 at bblabs.net]

The problem is not if if crashes, its more for situations where the machine is unreachable across the Internet but the reason is unknown. It could be the ISP is having problems, there is a backbone issue or my own machine is having problems answering connection requests or not responding to same. The machine might be on the other side of the city of even out of state. I would like to be able to dial into it, get a shell, and check things out. In my case the *NIX of choice is OpenBSD. Buying an analog modem - $12, trying to figure out what app to install to answer that call and give me a shell - priceless.

----- Original Message -----
From: Tyler Kilian
Sent: 7/28/2005 9:53:28 PM
To: tfug at tfug.org
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Remote shell app

> It sounds like you want to be able to access the machine remotely when 
> it's crashed.  In order to do this, you need either an IP KVM, or a 
> serial console set up on your PC.  On a Sun machine, serial console 
> will grant you full BIOS-type access to the box.  On a PC, I don't 
> believe that is the case, such that if you're sitting at a "hit F1 to 
> continue" prompt, you won't get anywhere with a PC.  However, an IP KVM 
> would allow you to connect from an Internet connection anywhere and be 
> just as if you're at the keyboard and mouse.
> 
> On Jul 28, 2005, at 8:51 PM, Steven Bowers wrote:
> 
> > Need a little bit of help on this one. What app or other tools exist 
> > for remote mgmt of a *NIX box? Problem - when the box is not 
> > accessible via the Internet, how can I dial into it, get a shell, and 
> > reboot or run some other command? I've googled but I'm not finding 
> > what I'm looking for and suspect I just don't have the right keywords.
> >
> > Steve
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