topic Re: Remote Connection in Operating System - Linux

Remote Connection

Paul Stanard — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:59:27 GMT

Anyone know of a good way to connect to linux server from desktop pc remotely beside using a terminal service

Re: Remote Connection

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:36:32 GMT

Here are few ways:
telnet, ssh
vnc
X-win32

Re: Remote Connection

Paul Stanard — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:53:29 GMT

What about one with a gui interface?

Re: Remote Connection

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:56:01 GMT

it's vnc

install it's rpm on the Linux

Re: Remote Connection

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:58:34 GMT

You can also connect to the X server with X-win32 utility ,which you of course have to download first and install on windows.Besides it requires some configuration on Linux.
As for VNC -it's very simple and also free for Windows, not to mention that it's rpm comes with the distribution

Re: Remote Connection

Paul Stanard — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:01:58 GMT

I just found VNC on the web, right before u mentioned it. So I install the VNC package on the linux server? and then what? Bear with me.

What about on the clients machine?

You have been a big help
Thanks alot

Re: Remote Connection

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:08:44 GMT

you have to download vncviewer utility for windows -it comes free

on linux -after installing the rpm -issue this command

vncserver
it'll prompt you for password

specify it (new one for clients)

then issue this command
vncserver :1

after that on windows machine start the vncviewer and
type in the window
Linux's IP:1

it'll prompt for a password , enter the same as you gave in the linux

Best regards

you can probably do it with less steps , however it works ....

Re: Remote Connection

I.Delic — Thu, 01 Jan 2004 06:52:25 GMT

Hi Paul,

VNC is good but i think little bit to slow.
You kan use the another product and this one you can find on this link

http://www.radmin.nl/

Succes

Oops I see this one works only with Windows OS.
Maybe you can use this one for your windows box's.
It is very easy to use

Re: Remote Connection

Donal Rogers_1 — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:25:42 GMT

I use VNC on all my servers, and I think it's great! Multiple servers can be run on Linux, as opposed to Windows, where it is just a remote console (ie, the person at the console can see the actions of the remote user, but this can be useful for training purposes).

Anyway, the Linux VNC server will run as the person who starts the server program - root, jbloggs, etc. When the server starts for the first time as a user, a .vnc directory is placed in the user's home directory. There is a file called xstartup, and if you have Gnome or KDE installed on your server, you can replace the lines in this file with a line 'exec gnome-session' or 'exec startkde'. This will give you your favourite window manager with all the benefits of same.

Donal.

Re: Remote Connection

Olivier Drouin — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:30:04 GMT

Exceed is awesome, its commercial though. it is a X Windows client.

You just need a standard X server on the linux box

Re: Remote Connection

Paul Stanard — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:43:42 GMT

I think VNC is basically an emulator software. Does anyone know of an app. which will require each user to login such as when using a citrix neighboorhood agent. I would like for it to be a little more secure than a general terminal service like vnc or putty etc.....

Re: Remote Connection

I.Delic — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:49:58 GMT

Hi Paul,

Of course there are a lot of them. I use reflection x and i have a good experience with this product.
Just check this link and let as kwno
http://www.wrq.com/products/reflection/pc_x_server/

Good luck

Idriz