[K12OSN] Remote Administration

[Petre Scheie]

Are you having the vncserver launched through xinetd?  Doing so should give you 
the same login screen as the clients get.  I've set it up this way several times 
over the years, but haven't done so lately.  A couple of things to note though: 
one, you'll get a brand-new desktop session, you can't look at the one on the 
console as you would with a Windows server running vncserver; two, performance 
over a WAN link will probably suck, but it's can be better than driving in at 
2am.  I myself some notes about it a while back; I'll see if I can find them.

Petre

Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> I know.  I need to be able to administer the server from home or on the
> road hence the need/want for VNC.  I have it all configured for local
> labs so that isn't the problem, some running true thin with etherboot
> and others with X -query.  I am able to get in through the PIX firewall
> and see the server but I just get a terminal like connection.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
> Behalf Of Brian Chase
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:54 PM
> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Remote Administration
> 
> 
> LTSP uses X, not VNC.
> 
> If you're doing strictly LTSP, you never do anything with VNC and 
> shouldn't mix the two up if you're just getting started.
> 
> VNC can be used later on when you want to get to the LTSP server over a 
> WAN, across firewalls, and on slow connections like dial-up or
> broadband.
> 
> X is preferred in a 100BaseT LAN environment.
> 
> Have a read:
> 	http://k12ltsp.org/contents.html
> 	http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-3.0-4-en.html
> 
> 
> Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> 
> 
>>I just recently configured VNC on a LTSP server for the first time.
>>Either I don't know what the heck I am doing or I need another
> 
> program.  
> 
>>I didn't realize that all I would get is a command line interface with
> 
> 
>>the server.  I was hoping for a complete GUI type solution such as
> 
> with 
> 
>>PC Anywhere on a windows box.  Could anyone let me know what I am 
>>missing or a better alternative?  I know I should be able to do 
>>everything at the command line but am having trouble letting the GUI
> 
> go, 
> 
>>it makes me feel like I am in front of the box.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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