Remotely controlling a UNIX-based system
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1. A method comprising:
- replicating current contents of a screen on a UNIX-based machine onto a new screen running in a background of the UNIX-based machine;
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
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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1. 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; 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 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)
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10. An article comprising:
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a machine-readable medium which stores machine-executable instructions, the instructions causing a machine to; replicate current contents of a screen on a UNIX-based machine onto a new screen running in a background of the UNIX-based machine; prompt 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 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 (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. 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 replicate current contents of a screen on the first device onto a new screen running in a background of the first device and 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 (20, 21, 22)
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23. 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. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. 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. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A machine-amplemented method comprising:
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receiving a request at a first programmable data processing machine for provision of remote operational control of the first machine to a second data processing machine, the first machine being a UNIX-based machine; determining whether a user interface of the first machine is operating in a text mode; and if the first machine user interface is operating in the text mode, allocating a virtual console running in a background of the first machine, adding a prompt to the virtual console asking for authorization of the request, and switching the virtual console to be a currently active console in the first machine. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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