Hello,

I am using FC4 and I want to isntall a server on my LAN where users can can login from remote terminals and use the console and/or the GUI based services, like a normal user. The server should be accessible from a Windows machine too using Telnet/SSH.

If someone can guide me with this or provide some useful links, I would be grateful.

Thanx.

it's really just a matter of making sure SSH is running, and the users have login priviledges (which they do by default). If you're behind a firewall/nat you'll be to enable port forwarding for port 22 to go to the server on your lan.

If you want a gui tools for your remote users then install VNC and setup the port forwarding for that as well.
http://www.realvnc.com/

If you're going to enabled ssh, make sure you go into /etc/ssh/sshd_config and disbaled root login. Do this by finding the line PermitRootLogin and set it to no.

Hi,

if you want your clients to run X applications, make sure that X11forwarding is set to yes in sshd.conf...
when I used X11 remote applications from win, I used hummingbird... I don't know if it's cheaper than VNC or not...

hello i use ssh maybe you could try this
xhost +aries
ssh -x masternige@aries
echo $ DISPLAY
export DISPLAY=192.168.1.100
export DISPLAY=master:0
xterm &

This is an exaple of me connecting to a user called "masternige" at a computer called aries where i have wrote "export DISPLAY=192.168.1.100" This is my ip
where i have wrote "export DISPLAY=master:0" This is my username "master" "0" is the display
"xterm &" is how i open a terminal from there i can do whatever i want use a web browser or whatever i understand ssh to be more secure than "vnc" i hope this is what you are looking for
thanks nige

Anybody help?
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=351032

nice thread

Hello again

I successfully set up an SSH server thanks to you guys. Now my next step is to let the users use the X desktop environment remotely. How should I go bout doing that? Can multiple users use the X services simultaneously? If yes, how? How do I set up the workstations to 'boot' remotely from my server?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

PS - Master, I really didn't understand your reply. Can you include a simple explanation for it? Thanks!

ok imagine this i have a server i want to use all the programmes and resources on it from another computer so this is what i do.
My server is called "Aries"
so i open a terminal from another computer and type.
xhost +Aries
the feedback is
Aries being added to access control list.
You then ssh in the normal way
"ssh -x masternige@Aries"
It will then ask you for a password this is the password for the server once you enter the password you will be conected to the server where i have used the name "masternige"that is just my username on the server.
you then need to type
"echo $ DISPLAY"
"export DISPLAY=192.168.1.100"
Where i have wrote "export DISPLAY=192.168.1.100" this is the ip of the computer i am sat at NOT the server
You then need to type
"export DISPLAY=master:0"
Where i have wrote "master:0"this is the username of the computer i am sat at so yours will be different "0" is the display number

If you want you dont have to use names you could just use ip addresses like this
"xhost +192.168.1.103"
"ssh -x masternige@192.168.1.103"
I hope you can make sense of this if not let me know and i will try again otherwise i think we need some one else to explain it to you.
Thanks nige

I am not sure how this works with windows as i only run Linux.
Thanks nige

So is it fine if I have a minimal installation(no X) on the client? Will it still work fine?