Thanks a lot for your help and advice, Scot. El lun, 07-02-2005 a las 09:07 -0500, Scot L. Harris escribió: > On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 08:40, A. Lanza wrote: > > > > > I'd like also to get my server display in my laptop display. How can i > > do that? May i use a remote control tool? Will it be secure if i go > > through a public WAN connection? > > The easiest method to get a full desktop view of linux machine would be > to use VNC. NOTE: in a default configuration VNC is NOT secure over any > network. However it can be tunneled over ssh which does a good job of > securing such connections. The VNC site contains some decent > documentation on how to do this. If you have trouble with it ask again > on the list and I or someone else can try to help. (been awhile since I > did this but I know it works) > > Having said that, you will most likely find that you don't really need > or want the full desktop view of your system. First off it will be slow > even over cable modem type connections. And over dial up I think you > will find it unusable for the most part except for the most basic > things. > > I use ssh to forward X11 windows over broadband connections all the > time. This keeps the amount of data transfered to the particular > applications I want to run, no overhead from sending an entire desktop. > You can even create custom launchers that automatically run the program > or script on the remote system and export the display to your local > machine. You get a nice windowized prompt for the ssh password and then > the window for your application shows up on your desktop. So it looks > as if it is fully integrated into your local desktop. > > ssh -X ipofremotemachine scripttorunonremotemachine > > is the format for doing that. Test it from a CLI first then setup a > custom launcher with that command. > > > -- > Scot L. Harris > webid@xxxxxxxxxx > > The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start > with a large fortune. >
