win to lin-lin to win

aamehl · 09-10-2003, 02:46 AM

Hi all,

I am currently working on a project that requires me to connect to a friends pc via the internet.

I need to be able to control his pc and he needs to be able to control mine.

This is besides protected folders etc.

I am running RH 9.0 and and not sure what I need to do this.
Someone told me vnc and someone else said samba.

If it helps I have win4lin installed on my system.

Thanks
Aaron

aamehl · 09-10-2003, 02:47 AM

I forgot to mention my friend is running win XP.
Thanks
Aaron

ppuru · 09-10-2003, 02:50 AM

You can use VNC if you want to just control and monitor each other's system. if you want to exchange files, you can use ftp.

aamehl · 09-10-2003, 02:56 AM

Thanks for the swift reply,
Is there a way to make his or my computer appear like another dir on my computer.

I am wondering about collaboration. Like viewing the same doc and watching the other modify it.
How would we communicate (icq??)

what would I need to get vnc working on both systems???

Thanks
Aaron
ps what does affero do???

ppuru · 09-10-2003, 03:04 AM

Yes, you would require VNC server running.

an alternate solution is your friend can use ssh to connect to your system. He can use Putty which is a free ssh client for Windows. If I am not wrong, putty also allows for secure file transfers too. But this control will be more command line.

aamehl · 09-10-2003, 03:10 AM

Thanks,
What will he need with VNC, is there a VNC client/server for win???

I will install vnc on my sytem and start reading the docs..

My friend is a win junkie and command line scares him.
I guess I will start with vnc and icq or ftp as a means of file transfer, unless someone else has an all in one seamless solution.
Thanks
again