* Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2007-09-20 14:09:36 -0400]: > Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote: > > > > > >>>You would like to be able to shut down or disable the machines > >>>without having to go to the machine. This implies that you have > >>>a way of knowing that the user has left without actually checking. > >>>You would become unpopular if you remotely shut down their machine > >>>while they were in the middle of doing something. > >>> > >>> > >>Shutting down the machines would work for me, there might be some > >>unhappiness but I could deal with that, but what I'm really > >>looking for > >>is a way to open the connection to the internet at my > >>discretion. I've > >>already blocked a number of sites via the router but I never > >>know what > >>they are connecting to or what might be streaming data when the > >>computers are idle, that's my prime concern. > >> > > > >Real VNC is easy to install on the windows boxes. vncviewer is > >available on all the FC installs. If vncviewer is not in /usr/bin, > >yum install vnc > >should do the trick. > > > >The windows versions of vnc can be downloaded from: > >http://www.realvnc.com/ > >It installs and you put it in service mode. You have that > >option on the install. You can take the default options and > >set a password. > > > >On you linux box, you can run: > >vncviewer otherbox:0 > > > >(the :0 is optional if you took the defaults) > >You will get prompted for the password, and then the remote > >desktop will appear. I use this across ssh tunnels to help > >out some windows friends when they get stuck. It is easier than > >talking them through a problem blind. > > > >Under the covers, vncserver (on the windows box) listens on > >port 5900 (if you use the default display number of 0) vncviewer > >connects on that port. Note if you use display 1, then the port > >is 5901. > > > >There is a web interface at 5800, although I don't usually use that. > > > >This may do what you want. It also allows you to do remote maintenance > >on the target machine. > > > >Bob Styma > >Phoenix, AZ > > > > > > > I obtained copies of VNC, put it on a CD and installed in the twin's XP > computer, took some guesses at the configuration and it appears to > work. I obtained the dhcp assigned address from the router data screen > in Firefox. Vncviewer recognizes that address and the password I > assigned, brings up an XP screen, and it looks like I can control the > remote computer. > > As I said I am pretty much Windows illiterate. It appears that I can > turn the computer off from here, that's a step in the right direction. > But it would be better if I could break the internet connection as I can > with system-control-network or service network stop. I don't know the > Windows equivalent? > > I would also like to be able to see activity on its eth0 to the Ethernet > bridge and the internet although that's not essential. Most helpful > would be how to deactivate the connection to eth0. > > If that can't be done then I will simply shut down the computer when it > is left running and idle during the day. That will be an improvement > though not ideal. > > Bob Goodwin > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Why not get a small router and give them ip numbers pointing at your small router as a gateway. Turn off the gateway and they loose connectivity. -- ********************************************************************* * George Yanos * * * UTC at UIC * * * 312-413-0059(w) * * * 708-848-4221(h) * * * gyanos@xxxxxxx * * *********************************************************************
