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Appendix E Multiple Sniffing 136
Cyclades-TS Installation & Service Manual
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* * * ttySN is being used by (<first user name>) !!!
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1 - Initiate a regular session
2 - Initiate a sniff session
3 - Send messages to another user
4 - Kill session(s)
5 - Quit
Enter your option :
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If the user selects 1 - Initiate a regular session, he will share that serial port with the users that were previously
connected. He will read everything that is received by the serial port, and will also be able to write to it.
If the user selects 2 - Initiate a sniff session, he will start reading everything that is sent and/or received by the
serial port, according to the parameter all.sniff_mode or sN.sniff_mode (that can be in, out or i/o).
When the user selects 3 - Send messages to another user, the Cyclades-TS will send the user’s messages to all
the sessions, but not to the tty port. Everyone connected to that port will see all the “conversation” that’s going on,
as if they were physically in front of the console in the same room. These messages will be formatted as
[Message from user/PID] <<message text goes here>> by the TS.
To inform the Cyclades-TS that the message is to be sent to the serial port or not, the user will have to use the
menu.
If the administrator chooses the option 4 - Kill session(s), the Cyclades-TS will show him a list of the pairs PID/
user_name, and he will be able to select one session typing its PID, or “all” to kill all the sessions.
Option 5 - Quit will close the current session and the TCP connection.
Only for the administrator users: typing all.escape_char or sN.escape_char from the normal or sniff session or