On Friday 08 October 2004 4:01 pm, Mark Haney wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 10:55, Don Cavaiani wrote: > > Is there a SIMPLE way to take control of a Fedora "work" > > workstation from my HOME? Is there a command equivalent to > > IPCONFIG? > > Yes. And yes. It's called SSH and I do it all the time. It's > command line, but you have control of the box in the sense that you > can issue commands like you could as if at the console. If you want > a GUI, you can run VNC (although VNC over SSH is preferred). > Of course, if both boxes are running Linux (or any compat unix) and you're using X then SSH will do the GUI stuff too. All you need to do is enable X forwarding on both boxes (default?) and you've got remote X working. This is how I work from home and it works great. Much more flexable (including working cut/paste etc) and better use of bandwidth than VNC/PCAnywhere etc. Just remember to use the -C option to enable compression. > And the command equivalent of IPCONFIG is (oddly enough) ifconfig. > > > Don F. Cavaiani > > IT Manager > > Amerequip Corp. > > 920-894-7063 > > -------------------------------------- > Mark Haney > Network Administrator > InterAct Public Safety Systems > mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux > 10:59:41 up 3:18, 2 users, load average: 9.53, 9.01, 8.76 -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
