[K12OSN] how to VNC into 4.2.0 server?
Angus Carr
acarr at saskforestcentre.ca
Fri Feb 18 22:11:42 UTC 2005
richard ingalls wrote:
>--- Ron Freidel <rfreidel at computergeex.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>When I need to see a desktop on a remote server I do
>>it via ssh
>>
>>ssh -C -l ronf hostname.k12.mt.us -L
>>5900:127.0.0.1:5900
>>
>>that forwards the correct ports for a vnc
>>connection. Then on my laptop I do a
>>
>>vncviewer localhost
>>and the remote desktop loads via the ssh connection.
>>
>>No need to open any additional ports other than 22
>>for the ssh connection.
>>
>>richard ingalls (aslansreturn at yahoo.com) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>how can i VNC into a 4.2.0 server? what do i need
>>>
>>>
>>to
>>
>>
>>>open up in the firewall to make this happen? i'm
>>>assuming the problem is in the firewall... is this
>>>
>>>
>>correct?
>>
>>
>
>that's a cool trick!
>
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Cooler yet:
vncviewer -via my.host.here.ca localhost:0
the -via parameter sets up a ssh session to deal with the tunnelling. If
you have keys and so on set up, then this produces a vncviewer window
with minimal user intervention.
Angus.
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