screen parameters per user

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

The screen parameters won't be the same for a ssh session as a console
one.  The screen parameters are only in effect for the physical
hardware.  For example, all my ssh sessions use the default screen size
of my work station no matter what computer I log into.
If you are using a frame buffer to get the large screen size, and your
frame buffer driver supports it, you can have different screen sizes on
different virtual consoles.  

Hope this helps.
          Kenny
	  
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 07:46:48AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have never seen any references to this, but on the chance that someone 
> has run across it, I would like to ask this:
> 
> Is there a way to have different screen parameters (columns and lines) 
> on a per user basis in Linux? I have become very attached to my enlarged 
> screen, 132 by 60, but would like to allow access to a user account via 
> ssh for someone who will not be comfortable with those dimensions. Is 
> there any way to revert to an 80 by 25 screen just for that user, or for 
> that session, without reverting to those figures for the whole system?
> 
> Any ideas or opinions appreciated. Ideas preferred of course, but 
> opinions welcome too.
> 
> Chuck
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