tooleym@douglas.bc.ca wrote:
> 
> I have a NetBSD1.3 machine and I would sorely like to install something
> like ttywatcher through which I might start up an xterm window and watch
> the input and output (take over if I wanted) of a particular user's tty.
> 
> Personally, I'd prefer to see it a little more real-time so I have just a
> few more seconds to react to the naughty things that my users continually
> like to do.
> 

Perhaps you could use xkibitz, which comes with expect.
It is intended to be used as a multi-user terminal session
where everyone sees what everyone else types, but you
could set up the computer so your users' xterm sessions
are all running xkibitz with you as one of the participants.

-Alex (:-)
 alex@santa.asf.alaska.edu