Hi Frank,
On Saturday 26 June 2010 11:36 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Saturday 26 June 2010 04:54 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On 25/06/10 21:51, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> --snip--
>>
>> If you prefer a gui, you could try a vnc client or nx client over ssh
>> tunnelling. But I don't use the gui a lot.
>>
>> GL
>
> I prefer a gui, as it is easier to explain to non-linux people,
> how to go about things. To do so, I need to understand the methods
> myself. They (as I at times) see a terminal, they see hardship.
>
Another, probably simpler (less terminal and more gui oriented), thing
to try would be to use remmina and its built in capabilities for ssh
tunnelling for vnc. But again I have never used it.
I just tried this yesterday, it works seamlessly. To try this, start a
vncserver on the remote machine with something like,
user@remote$ vncserver :<display> -geometry <preferred_resolution>
You can leave this running if you prefer. Then you can skip this step
for subsequent connections. However I would suggest turning of things
like screensavers if your remote system is shared by other users.After
this you can connect with remmina like this,
VNC tab:
--------
remote.example.com:<display>
user name:user
password:<vnc_password>
SSH tab:
-------------------
enable SSH tunnelling
select same server port 22
user name:user
authentication:either password or use ssh keys
Hopefully this is what you were looking for.
--
Suvayu
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