Bug#563004: ITP: procserv -- A process server with telnet console and log access

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

Hello,

On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 17:35 -0500, Ralph Lange wrote:
> 
> * Package name    : procserv
> * URL             : http://sourceforge.net/projects/procserv/
>   Description     : A process server with telnet console and log access
> 
> procServ is a wrapper that starts an arbitrary command as a child process in
> the background, connecting its standard input and output to a TCP port for
> telnet access. It supports logging, child restart (manual or automatic on
> exit), and more.

I am curious why ssh+screen can't do the job? It would be much more
secure than telnet. It would be nice to add a note in the package
description.

Also it is much more "à la unix" to use two tools together to do one
job, each one doing one thing well.

Franklin