Hi folks, I'm struggling here to configure VNC forwarding over SSH so I can provide remote support to my mum.
Basically what I want to achieve is to be able for my mum to double click an icon on her desktop and have VNC sit there and wait for a connection from me. However, I'd like the connection to go via one of my virtual servers over an SSH connection. I'd then like to be able to connect into my virtual SSH server from my laptop and have it pick up the VNC session. I want to do it this way so I'm not restricted to only one machine that can accept the remote connection, and I also want to be able to connect in and provide support when I'm out (say using public wifi or a 3G connection). I've tried it with Gitso but I can't get it to work, in fact I can't get Gitso to work without a third machine in the way. I realise I could just open up some ports on my mum's router but I'd like to avoid that. I'd rather her machine connect to my server. I'm getting a bit confused with the way SSH forwarding works now. For one I can't figure out what commands I need to use at each end. I've tried using ssh -L on my laptop and ssh -R -g on the remote machine and also the other way around but I'm stumped now and wondering if it's even possible? I'm not sure if it's the right way of going about this but I guess I'd like the following to happen... ---------------- ---------- ------------- | Mum's laptop | ---> | Server | <--- | My Laptop | ---------------- ---------- ------------- Mum's laptop forwards it's port 5900 to my server via SSH. My laptop then connects to my server via SSH, picks up my mum's port 5900 and then hands it over to vncviewer on my laptop. Does anyone know if this is possible? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
