Subject: Re: VNC Server
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 10:42:43 MDT
you need to execute the entire path. most of these command are in the path of
a root user.
example:
/usr/local/bin/ssh -1 192.168.10.10
-D
Brian Watson wrote:
> 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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Network Security Administrator
Christopher M Downs
Skillsoft Corporation
http://www.skillsoft.com
"you can't point and click your
way to super cracker status -"
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