remote desktop

tsitras · 02-08-2004, 01:30 PM

Hello there. I do have two machines that run woody, with KDE 3.2. Is there any way that i could sit in machine A and have a remote desktop and full control of machine B?

jschiwal · 02-08-2004, 01:59 PM

Here is a link that should supply the answers you need.

http://www.linuxanswers.net/?cmd=howto&key=xterminals

You could also use ssh <machine>. This would allow you to run individual applications on your remote machine.

snacky · 02-08-2004, 02:16 PM

The absolutely correct

way to do it is to run "ssh-keygen", add your public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys , then get keychain to manage all the prickly stuff for you.

You may also have to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config in order to allow X11 forwarding.

This might seem new and confusing, but it'll teach you good security habits, and it'll protect your network traffic.

snacky · 02-08-2004, 02:24 PM

oh, I forgot to add the part where you actually run the remote apps.

Once you get all the above work done, all you have to do is run something like "ssh othermachine xeyes" and xeyes will execute on othermachine but display itself on your desktop. It just works. Part of the reason for all the effort above is to get it so a really simple command is all that's needed to run your apps remotely.

tsitras · 02-08-2004, 03:37 PM

Thanks a lot for the quick reply. Is there any particular software? how do i do that? I t would be nice if i could find a step by step guide, for KDE 3.2+woody systems. Any thoughts?

OmegaBlac · 02-08-2004, 04:10 PM

You can also use VNC to accomplish this. Linux.Ars at ArsTechnica.com has a great article on SSH and X11 forwarding article for 01/28/2004 edition. Also check out this link on how to use VNC with SSH.

HappyTux · 02-09-2004, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tsitras
Thanks a lot for the quick reply. Is there any particular software? how do i do that? I t would be nice if i could find a step by step guide, for KDE 3.2+woody systems. Any thoughts?

Don't think there would be much need of a guide just add:

Code:

## KDE 3.2 for Woody 
 deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.2/Debian stable main

To your /etc/apt/sources.list and the dselect update and apt-get -s upgrade if things look good then remove the -s from the line to actually install.