Remotely controlling a UNIX-based system
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1. A method comprising:
- prompting a first user at a UNIX-based machine for permission for a second user at a machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine to control the UNIX-based machine; and
if the first user grants permission, enabling the second user to use the UNIX-based machine through the machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine.
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Abstract
Remotely controlling a UNIX-based system includes prompting a first user at a UNIX-based machine for permission for a second user at a machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine to control the UNIX-based machine and if the first user grants permission, enabling the second user to use the UNIX-based machine through the machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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prompting a first user at a UNIX-based machine for permission for a second user at a machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine to control the UNIX-based machine; and
if the first user grants permission, enabling the second user to use the UNIX-based machine through the machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising:
a machine-readable medium which stores machine-executable instructions, the instructions causing a machine to;
prompt a first user at a UNIX-based machine for permission for a second user at a machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine to control the UNIX-based machine; and
if the first user grants permission, enable the second user to use the UNIX-based machine through the machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a first device configured to run UNIX; and
a mechanism accessible by the first device and configured to run a process on the first device transparently to a user of the first device, the process configured to prompt the user of the first device for permission for a remote user at a second device at a location remote from the first device to input instructions to the first device from the second device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30)
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25. A method comprising:
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replicating current contents of a display screen visible to a user on a UNIX-based device onto a new screen not visible on the display screen to the user;
inserting a prompt on the new screen to a user of the UNIX-based device to grant permission for a remote device at a location remote from the UNIX-based device to control the UNIX-based device; and
replacing the current contents of the display screen with the new screen, the new screen visible to the user on the UNIX-based device.
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27. A method comprising:
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replicating current contents of a screen on a UNIX-based machine onto a new screen running in a background of the UNIX-based machine;
adding to the new screen a text prompt prompting a first user at the UNIX-based machine for permission for a second user at a machine remotely-located from the UNIX-based machine to control the UNIX-based machine; and
replacing the current contents of the screen with the new screen.
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29. A method comprising:
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requesting at a machine to remotely control a UNIX-based machine at a location remote from the machine; and
determining whether the machine may remotely control the UNIX-based machine based on a response from the UNIX-based machine.
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