[K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine

[Bert Rolston]

Hi Joe,

You should be able to access it from a web browser.

Check out the  VNC website.

Cheers,
Bert

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 15:04, John P. Conlon wrote:
> VNC is nice unless the security program on the Windows machine will not 
> allow you to access anything except certain given file types and those 
> needed for VNC are not among them.  If I could do it with a browser I 
> could probably make that work.  If I knew how.
> Thanks
> Pat
> 
> Dennis Daniels wrote:
> 
> > This litte tidbit has been wikified:
> > http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/Technical%3AAccess%3ANonLTSPClients
> >
> >
> > dgd
> >
> > Joe Guenther wrote:
> >
> >> You can run the VNC viewer from a diskette (288kb in size) or a network
> >> drive or a USBdrive .... it does not need an installation on the windows
> >> machine - just on the LTSP side the VNC server has to be installed and
> >> started.
> >>
> >> greetings
> >> joe
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> >> Behalf Of John P. Conlon
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:29 PM
> >> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> >> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't have the VNC option available in the Windows machines because
> >> they are admin computers and have 90 thousand layers of security that
> >> not even the administrator can access some of.
> >>
> >> Joe Guenther wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> You could also VNC into the server.  I have the VNC server installed 
> >>> and
> >>> running.  When I VNC into it, I get the same graphical login as a 
> >>> terminal.
> >>>
> >>> Login as root ... away you go ...
> >>>
> >>> Joe Guenther
> >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> >>> LANtech - Didsbury
> >>> Chinook's Edge School Div.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> >>> Behalf Of jconlon1
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:38 AM
> >>> To: k12osn at redhat.com
> >>> Subject: [K12OSN] Logging onto the server from a windows machine
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Yesterday I had a problem.  I was in a meeting in a different part 
> >>> of my
> >>> school.  A problem occurred that if I could have loged in from the 
> >>> nearest
> >>> computer I could have fixed in about 2 minutes.  All I had was a 
> >>> Windows
> >>> machine available.  How can I log in as root using a windows machine 
> >>> on an
> >>> internal network in other words the ip address is xx.xx.x.xx
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Pat
> >>>
> >>>
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