On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> "Lam, Yochai" wrote:
> >
> > hello all !!
> > does any one knows of something equivalent to pcanywhere (at the wintel
> > platform) 4linux/unix?
Which part of the functionality: the client? the server (host)? the whole
system?
If you want to remotely control a windows machine from another (possibly
unix) machine - you can use vnc. Although it lacks many of the features
pcaw has (i.e. - there's only one password).
>
> That's one of those questions I hear quite a lot and I never know how to
> respond. The question is so "Windows oriented", that regardless of what
> I answer it's simply wont do.
>
> The functionality of remote invocation and control of GUI programs
> (start the program somewhere else; see the the GUI on *your* screen) is
> a built in feature of the X windowing system that is used on Linux/Unix.
Not entirely correct: pcaw lets you see exactly what the user sees on
his/her display. This can be useful sometimes (for instance - you're
trying to give technical support, and you cannot count on the user to
properly describe the problem).
Also - what if you cannot run two instances of that program on the same
machine, and the user already runs one of them?
Is there any remote-control client for X?
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