RE: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
Good morning, When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh? Thanks, Craig What I am trying to do is monitor logs on a remote system. I have the log entries going to the log files as well as VT2. If I ssh into the machine and tail -f the system log, it quits updating when the log is rotated. So I figured if I could watch the second console in real time I would be able to see the same thing without interruption when the log file rotates. Is this possible? Is there a better way to do it? Sent - Gtek Web Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1348845616.6042...@webmail.gtek.biz
Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:20:16AM -0500, cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Good morning, When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh? Thanks, Craig Try the vtgrab package. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
On Friday, September 28, 2012 10:29, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk said: On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:20:16AM -0500, cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Good morning, When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh? Thanks, Craig Try the vtgrab package. Bingo! Thank you so much. I didn't even think of a vnc like console solution. I was focused on ssh. Your reply is much appreciated. Sent - Gtek Web Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1348846801.4957...@webmail.gtek.biz
Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
On 28/09/12 16:20, cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Good morning, When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh? Thanks, Craig What I am trying to do is monitor logs on a remote system. I have the log entries going to the log files as well as VT2. If I ssh into the machine and tail -f the system log, it quits updating when the log is rotated. So I figured if I could watch the second console in real time I would be able to see the same thing without interruption when the log file rotates. Is this possible? Is there a better way to do it? Try tail --follow=mylogfile, this will followed the currently named mylogfile even if the old file is renamed and a new one opened, rather than following the old file which -f does. Also the -F option will do similar, but won't fail if the file is inaccessible for a while. -- Dom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5065c4e8.8050...@rpdom.net
Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
On Sep 28, 2012 11:30 AM, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:20:16AM -0500, cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Good morning, When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh? Thanks, Craig Try the vtgrab package. That would work. However I think you could also have logrotate use a socket for logging (at least -ng). What you might really want to look into is splunk or graylog2 (or the other solutions I can never remember). Also, socat is another solution for playing with device io. I don't believe dealing with vt is the right solution however. Also keep in mind none of these solutions will encrypt the stream - use stunnel or similar here.
Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
Try tail --follow=mylogfile, this will followed the currently named mylogfile even if the old file is renamed and a new one opened, rather than following the old file which -f does. smack to the forehead I used to know that. Sadly, I even looked at the man page yesterday before posting and still missed that. Thanks for jogging my brain. It obviously needed it. FWIW, I will be setting up a log server in the near future, but we need this production machine now, and I've got a couple of other priorities, so I just have an xterm open for monitoring it's logs in real time so I can start to understand what is normal and what is not for now. The log server will negate this step. Thanks! Sent - Gtek Web Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1348851799.713316...@webmail.gtek.biz
Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?
That would work. However I think you could also have logrotate use a socket for logging (at least -ng). What you might really want to look into is splunk or graylog2 (or the other solutions I can never remember). Also, socat is another solution for playing with device io. I don't believe dealing with vt is the right solution however. Also keep in mind none of these solutions will encrypt the stream - use stunnel or similar here. Thanks for the ideas, and the heads up. I'll test my various new options this afternoon and decide what will work in the interim until I get the log server set up, probably next week or the week after. Sent - Gtek Web Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1348851932.852132...@webmail.gtek.biz
