On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:42:50PM -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > I am currently using VNC to remote desktop into my server that is in the > basement when I need to make configuration changes. It works just fine, > but the only issue is that I have to remain logged into the system in > order for it to work. Is there anyway to remote desktop into the box > without having to always be logged into the system?
One way or another you still have to login to get access ;) but you can also do that remotely. If you REALLY need GUI apps on that machine, then one way is to use ssh X forwarding. On the server edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config: X11Forwarding Yes (I think this is the default) and then from the client machine start ssh with -X and run your GUI app. The app runs on the server, but displays on the client (for archives sake, in X these terms are reversed). This trick with the remote display can be done without ssh, but it's less secure and I never tried. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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