Approved by maintainer.
Changes since last packaged version (8.1.11):
version 8.1.14 (Apr 9, 2006):
- fixed rpm conserver.spec file - based on patch by Martin Evans
<m.d.t.evans@qmul.ac.uk>
- added 'uds' console type for unix domain socket connections -
based on patch by DJ Gregor <dj@gregor.com>
- probing of interfaces under cygwin (and possibly others?) now
skips unconfigured interfaces (even if flagged as up!) -
reported by Chris Riddoch <chrisr@digeo.com>
- added the '!login' console option to prevent clients from
connecting to a console - suggested by Greg Tillman
<gregtillman@comcast.net>
- added a 'noop' console type for consoles you'd like to name,
but have no connection to - suggested by Greg Tillman
<gregtillman@comcast.net>
- deprecated escape commands removed from the code
- added '^EcP' and '^EcR' sequences to set the playback and
replay line lengths
- new console config options 'playback' and 'replay' to let the
client set prefered output lengths (with a special feature for
a size of zero)
- prefer strlcpy() over strcpy() - based on patch by Peter
Valchev <pvalchev@openbsd.org>
- fixed bug where '^Eco' by user on an 'exec' console with an
'initcmd' causes input by user to be ignored (could be other
console types as well) - reported by Mark Wedel
<Mark.Wedel@sun.com>
- made POSIX termios code in autologin a requirement (since
conserver requires it) and cleaned up a few other issues -
based on reports by Arthur Clune <ajc22@york.ac.uk>
version 8.1.13 (Jan 15, 2006):
- use SIOCGIFNUM for interface count (if available) and catch
EINVAL on Solaris - patch by Peter Jeremy
<peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
- console output now resets idle timer - suggested by Peter
Saunders <pajs@fodder.org.uk>
- bug fix for conserver process running out of control and using
up cpu - debugged with Alexandra N. Kossovsky
<Alexandra.Kossovsky@oktetlabs.ru>
version 8.1.12 (Sep 5, 2005):
- printf() fix for autologin - patch by Menno Duursma
<druiloor@zonnet.nl>
- newly spawned (from SIGHUP) processes didn't properly close
primary socket
- SSL certificates now work again (anonymous ciphers are not
allowed if a certificate is used)
- client options -x, -u, -w, and -i can now take a console name
to restrict output - suggested by Evan McClure
<emcclure@internap.com>
- convert program now installed in $libdir/conserver - patch by
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
- we now ignore SIGXFSZ, if it exists
- added 'limited' access option to remove certain functionality
from users - suggested by Sven Michels <sven@darkman.de>
- added client option -z/-Z for sending commands to servers
(reload, quit, etc) - based on suggestion by Joshua Pincus
<Joshua.Pincus@Sun.COM>
- added 'execrunas' and 'initrunas' console options to allow
'exec' and 'initcmd' execution as another user and/or group -
based on patch by Gary Mills <mills@cc.umanitoba.ca>
- the east coast mirror had to shut down (for now, at least)
- crash from bad pointer manipulation during log replay - reported by
Ryan Kirkpatrick <linux@rkirkpat.net>
Version 8 of Conserver as a separate package as the config file
format of version 8 is incompatible with prior versions.
Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a
serial console at the same time. It can log the data, allows users
to take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety
of bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality.
The idea is that conserver will log all your serial traffic so you
can go back and review why something crashed, look at changes (if
done on the console), or tie the console logs into a monitoring
system (just watch the logfiles it creates).
With multi-user capabilities you can work on equipment with others,
mentor, train, etc.
It also does all that client-server stuff so that, assuming you
have a network connection, you can interact with any of the equipment
from home or wherever
