Is it possible to attach to read only session?

[Nafiz Islam]

I wanted to share a live terminal session with my friend through tmux by creating a socket file, but I noticed that the file needed to be writable in order to attach to the socket file. Is it possible to implement a feature such that a read-only socket file can be attached to only if attaching in read-only mode?

[Nicholas Marriott]

Your friend can attach with -r and he will be readonly but this is only a convenience, it is not a security feature. If you want to share tmux sessions without giving the other user access to your login you will need to create a separate login running a dedicated tmux server.

On Sun, 13 Dec 2020, 00:35 Nafiz Islam, <nafiz.i...@gmail.com> wrote:

I wanted to share a live terminal session with my friend through tmux by creating a socket file, but I noticed that the file needed to be writable in order to attach to the socket file. Is it possible to implement a feature such that a read-only socket file can be attached to only if attaching in read-only mode?

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