On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Eric Mings wrote: You probably seek VNC, from www.uk.research.att.com, once you get it installed, run a 'vncserver' command on the server, and at your admin box, type vncviewer <ip of server>:1. That should get you an X-session with twm running. Edit the vncserver script to change the default window-manager to something else, such as kde or gnome. Stay away from NFS, it is IP-based authentication, and not difficult to spoof at all. > I recently posted the my problem below to the newbie list. However, I > think it may be more likely I'll find an answer on this list. I > wouldn't consider myself a newbie, though I am not an expert either. > Probably in the vast waste land in between where I know just enough > to be dangerous ;-) > > I have been trying to get a handle on how to remotely administer a > linuxbox I would like to have colocated at my ISP. I have read howtos > and minihowtos until my head is spinning. God what I wouldn't give > for a simple Timbuktu like approach to this problem in linux. So far > I have gotten ssh2 setup on both machines (which are current on my > LAN and I'll call "local" and "remote"). I can use ssh to login from > local to remote as root, which I would think is the first step. > However, now the confusion begins. Ideally I would like to display a > kde desktop on my local machine that reflects the remote machine. I > have heard numerous times about people supposably doing this such > that it works just like sitting in front of the remote machine (apart > from bandwith delay in response). Both my machines are running > mandrake 7. I will be using a cable modem to connect from the local > to the remote machine at the isp. Could someone please tell me the > concrete simple steps to get this working? > > I also gather that it might be useful (and much faster) to use NFS to > mount the remote machine disk on my local machine, but I also get the > impression that security in that approach is a big concern. Thoughts > on this approach would also be appreciated! > > And yes, I already know about webmin as a partial solution, but it > doesn't get close to what I would need to be able to do to make this > practical for me. > > Thanks much for any advice! > -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sep 16
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