[K12OSN] Remote Administration

[Brian Chase]

In that case, check this link out to confirm your VNC settings on the 
server side.

	http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp

On the client side (either/or):

	http://eudyptula.freezope.org/ms/Cygwin-SSH-VNC-HowTo.html
	http://www.benjamin.weiss.name/putty-tunnel.html

Or, in my humble opinion, you should be able to do everything with Webmin 
(http://www.webmin.com) and SSH that needs to be done locally.  Webmin 
works over SSL encryted web pages, so between that and SSH, you're secure 
and can do darn near anything you might need to do.  The command "ssh -X 
<LTSPserverhost> should take care of individual gui processes you need as 
described in this link:

https://listman.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/2004-February/msg00206.html

I've used the above method and had decent performance on individual 
applications like Gnucash remotely, as well as several GUI configuration 
tools for setting up printers, etc.

That should give you some choices to get the job done, whatever you 
choose to do.

Cheers,

BC

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.