On 4 August 2010 06:55, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:22 AM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> If your intention is to keep a constantly running firefox session >> which you want to connect to at some point in time in the future, then >> I would suggest you run a VNC (or some other remote desktop protocol) >> and start firefox from there. So something like this should work, >> >> paul@remote-host $ vncserver :<display> -geometry <desired_resolution> >> >> Then locally start a vnc client of some kind (vncviewer, tigervnc, >> remmina, ... ) and connect to the remote machine and start firefox. >> Now every time you connect with a vnc client you will have access to >> the same firefox session. > > Yes, my intention is to keep a constantly firefox session, which I > want to connect to at some point in time in the future. Thanks for > suggesting me VNC. I will try it, but meanwhile I have a question: can > the VNC session be seen by someone nearby the remote computer? > As Mike mentioned in one of his posts, you can try ssh port forwarding from the command line. If you prefer the gui I would recommend remmina (available on both F12 and F13). It has very easy to use ssh port forwarding interface for vnc connections. I use it quite often during the course of my work. > Paul GL -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
