I have a lot of experience using ubuntu/linux, and one of my business clients has an Ubuntu server that I wish to securely remote control/access from anywhere with internet. I called comcast and set up a static business account IP address, so all I need now is to setup a program on the server to allow remote control via the internet. Is there a program to do this? and if so, is in the synaptic package manager? and finally, do I have to install a client version of the program on my windows computers or is there a way to do it via a web browser?
2007-07-03 11:02:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
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YES I know about VNC, particularly ultr@VNC. That is what I would LIKE to use for the remote control process, but HOW do I connect to the server via the internet??
2007-07-03 11:15:33 · update #1
johnnystarr12 is correct, I remotely admin several servers, never used the desktop its just a resource hog period,, in fact if you check you will probably find that Server Installations usually don't include the X system -- it adds one more security hole so USE SSH!
In order to reach the server... you will have to setup the router at your clients office to port forward all the ports you need to use. (Differs depending on how you connect.. for SSH its just ONE port (23) for VNC its two (I forget which).
2007-07-03 12:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a remote desktop connection I have been using a program called VNC (in college). Though it was not on Ubuntu, but rather on Solaris (server) and windows/fedora core (client), I am sure it will work in your case aswell.
You can check out their free version on their website (google - real vnc). The server will run as deamon process, which you could run on your client server machine and then run the vnc client on your machine to connect to it. Hope it helps.
2007-07-03 18:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to set up port forwarding to the server on the router. My advice is not to offer any of the vnc or similar programmes accross the internet, as these are relatively insecure, using no encryption. I advise using ssh, you can use putty which is a free download, or cygwin if you want to use a Linux typer X-windows interface. SSH will allow encrypted direct console access, cygwin will allow X forwarding. vnc is available in all Linux distros, you could actually use port forwarding to access this using putty.
2007-07-03 20:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got two options my friend. I suggest Option 1 myself.
1. Connect via SSH with a terminal emulator like Putty. You won't get an X environment, but you will have full terminal control. You have to make sure that your IP address is in the hosts.allow conf file in the /etc directory of the remote server you are trying to connect to.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
2. Use rdesktop. It works like the RDP tool in Windows. The part about hosts.allow still applies.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop/
2007-07-03 19:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by johnnystarr12 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Might want to look into VNC.
2007-07-03 18:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by statikplague 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋