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RE: [Openvpn-users] Simultaneous Access to Console Management


  • Subject: RE: [Openvpn-users] Simultaneous Access to Console Management
  • From: "Edson" <4lists@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 00:55:05 -0200

Ok... thanks for the response...

I think I can survive without this capability.... ;)

Edson.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Yonan [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: quinta-feira, 3 de novembro de 2005 23:42
> To: Edson
> Cc: Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Simultaneous Access to Console Management
> 
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Edson wrote:
> 
> > How to obtain simultaneous (two, three, etc) access to the management
> > console? Is this possible?
> 
> No, this isn't supported right now.  Maybe in the future.  It would
> require that the management interface essentially be "multi-user".  You
> would need to deal with resource locking and avoid race conditions.
> 
> The management interface doesn't close the listening socket when it's
> connected to a client, because then it would need to reopen it after the
> client disconnects, and for various reasons this causes problems
> (especially when privileges have been dropped).
> 
> > Why is the second connection frizzed without feedback and don't let me
> make
> > CTRL-C to exit?
> 
> If you want to exit, just close the socket.  If you are using a telnet
> client, there's usually a way to do this (like control-] ).
> 
> James