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Title: Remote Access - VNC - How??
Post by: David on March 09, 2000, 08:50:21 AM

Am seeking a way of remote control of e-server over a network. Aim is to remove monitor, keyboard and make console changes (if any) remotely. Currently use VNC to control Win Server. (suspect a number of e-smith users would be seeking a similar setup)

After searching on the topic "VNC", found the post from Kim Morrison (8/12/99) about the use of VNC. Appears the test was successful.

I would greatly appreciate information (step-by-step if possible) on how to get VNC server to work on e-smith server.

Have installed vnc-3.3.3-4.i386.rpm on e-smith server 4.0b5.
*Command "vncserver" results in message "couldn't find 'xauth' on your path".
*Command "Xvnc" results in message "fatal screen error. Can't add screen."

Thanks

David

Title: RE: Remote Access - VNC - How??
Post by: Charlie Brady on March 09, 2000, 09:38:07 AM

David wrote:

> Am seeking a way of remote control of e-server over a network.

You already have that - point your web browser to http://server/e-smith-manager/ and you have remote control!

If that doesn't give you enough flexibility, then install SSH. See http://e-smith.gormand.com.au/ where there are suitable openssl and openssh RPMs. There is also an RPM for configuring
the e-smith server to configure SSH and start the SSH daemon at boot time. At the moment it is only suitable for e-smith 3.x, but check next week when there should be an RPM suitable for
e-smith 4.0(beta).

> Have installed vnc-3.3.3-4.i386.rpm on e-smith server 4.0b5.
> *Command "vncserver" results in message
> "couldn't find 'xauth' on your path". *Command
> "Xvnc" results in message "fatal screen error.
> Can't add screen."

The E-smith server/gateway doesn't have any support for the X Windows system.

Charlie

Title: RE: Remote Access - VNC - How??
Post by: Dan on March 10, 2000, 04:22:52 AM

I think what you're looking for is telnet.  For greater security, use ssh as recommended by Charlie (but I think Windoze clients for ssh are rare).

Title: RE: Remote Access - VNC - How??
Post by: Sasha on March 11, 2000, 09:21:33 AM

VNC is more than a remote control app for Linux. It is a freeware util to allow
you to export X windows sessions to Linux or Windows clients running VNC client.

Its primary function is to create a type of terminal server so that users on your network running Windows PC's can simultaneously run Linux apps such as Star
Office or Corel WP all executing on the single Linux box, but displaying on the PC!

It can also be used backwards to display Windows PC screens (Single tasking of course) on the Linux box under X.

Very powerful stuff. And its free.

For your application David, under the text based console it is pretty useless.

Regards
Sasha

Title: RE: Remote Access - VNC - How??
Post by: Charlie Brady on March 11, 2000, 09:30:48 AM

Dan wrote:

> I think what you're looking for is telnet.  For greater
> security, use ssh as recommended by Charlie (but I think
> Windoze clients for ssh are rare).

There's en excellent SSH add-on for TeraTerm Pro.  read about it at:

http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html

Charlie

Title: RE: Remote Access - VNC - How??
Post by: Glenn Kennedy on March 14, 2000, 07:56:20 AM

also try the windoze ssh client PUTTY and its scp counterpart, pscp.exe. can't remember where i found them, but an altavista with putty or pscp.exe should do the trick.

glenn kennedy