> Allowing some form of su (as was suggested elsewhere) is very useful, > but isn't really an answer to my problem. Also the > drawterm-on-top-of-a screensaver idea (while a nice bit of lateral > thinking!) also wouldn't be very satisfactory, because the reverse > problem then occurs: we lose the context in the drawterm when going > back to the underneath "original" session (and how would it nest > further?).
not a plan 9 way, but could using vnc make a difference here? (or something similar) I tend to have a long-running 'persistent' vnc session on a server at work, and pick up (connect to) the session whereever I am. Axel.
