RE: VNC Server


Subject: RE: VNC Server
From: Brian Watson (bcwatso1@uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 10:31:52 MDT


I have SSH installed, but I still can't access system commands like
setup, shutdown, etc, etc... How can I access these commands
remotely?

--Brian

>On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Brian Watson wrote:
>>I don't have KDE, Gnome, or the X window system installed. Are the X
>>window components necessary in order to run VNC? I just want to be able
>>to connect and have full control over a system w/ VNC. Telnet doesn't
>>allow access to some of the system commands, whereas VNC is like you're
>>actually at the terminal.
>
> If you don't have X installed, then I don't see the point in VNC. Couple
>of pointers:
>
> 1) Disable Telnet: it is an insecure protocol (all transmitted via clear
>text) that should have died years ago
>
> 2) Install OpenSSH. You can get the source from OpenSSH.org or simply
>use the RPM that is on the Yellowdog CD. Ideally you would setup your
>sever so that it only uses the SSH2 protocol - to do this edit
>/etc/ssh/sshd_config. If you do grab the source from openssh.org,
>installation is *really* easy. Chances are this is what you'll want to do:
>
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-2.9p2.tar.gz
>
> i) tar -zxvf openssh-2.9p2.tar.gz
> ii) cd openssh-2.9p2
> iii) ./configure --with-md5-passwords --with-pam --with-tcp-wrappers
> iv) make
> v) make install
>
> Then you should be set. Just make sure the executable 'ssh' is somewhere
>in your path like /usr/bin (I don't remember where make install puts it).
>
> This should give you all the control/access you need to do just about
>anything with your server remotely.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>
>
>
>--
>
>Christopher Murtagh
>Webmaster / Sysadmin
>Web Communications Group
>McGill University
>Montreal, Quebec
>Canada



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