Re: Making VNC behave like Windoze RDP

From: Ben Sheron (ben_at_whatsmykarma.com)
Date: 02/10/05

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    Thanks for the advice. (Sorry I have not been by to reply; I have been
    a bit sick the last day or so...) My plan is to try and use VNC over an
    SSH tunnel, but I might try Cygwin too. I am trying to access this from
    school, so essentially I would be using a public terminal (with my own
    account of course). I'm still going to try, but I'm also taking a look
    at the NoMachine solution too.

    Thanks,

    Ben

    On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 23:21, Scot L. Harris wrote:
    > On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 22:33, Ben Sheron wrote:
    > > I am using FC1. I have gotten the vncserver package to run on it, but I
    > > am wondering if there is a way to make this behave more like the Windoze
    > > RDP feature, ie I log myself in with a few programs running, and RDP in
    > > remotely and have access to my desktop the way I left it. It seems like
    > > it should be possible to set vncserver to do this, but I'm not sure
    > > how. Also, is there a Gnome applet that I can use to control this and
    > > that will function on FC1? (Due to some other apps I cannot upgrade my
    > > box.)
    > >
    >
    > I suspect at present you get vncserver running by logging in to a shell
    > and manually starting it.
    >
    > What you want to do is configure vncserver to start at boot time. This
    > instance will continue to run even when you are not connected to it.
    > This allows you to connect via vnc, run programs, disconnect, then
    > reconnect later from the same remote location or from a different
    > location.
    >
    > This is setup under /etc/sysconfig/vncservers. follow the example in
    > that file to setup a session under your user account. You will need to
    > make sure that you have setup a password for vnc for that user, but
    > since you are already using it that should already be done.
    >
    > I am not sure about FC1 but I believe in FC2 and FC3 there is even a
    > startup script that can be used with chkconfig or the
    > redhat-config-services (for FC1) tool.
    >
    > I do not know of any gnome applets for this. But once you have it
    > configured and working you don't need to touch it normally.
    >
    > > While I'm on the subject, is anyone aware of a better remote desktop
    > > alternative for Linux? VNC has worked OK for me on my local network,
    > > but going out over my cable modem it lags terribly. Is there any way to
    > > maybe emulate the other RDP features, such as the ability to play sound
    > > from a remote machine locally? Something cross platform would be nice,
    > > as I would be accessing my box from a Windoze machine. I've Googled but
    > > haven't found much. Just thought I'd ask.
    >
    > Personally I use X11 over ssh. I have my laptop setup with custom
    > launchers for the applications I want to run on remote systems. By
    > using ssh you get a couple of benefits, the login and connection are
    > encrypted and you can tunnel pretty much anything over ssh. And
    > depending on the speed of your computer you can enable compression which
    > can help the through put in some cases.
    >
    > And by just sending the windows of the particular programs you want to
    > run you reduce some of the overhead needed for sending the entire
    > desktop.
    >
    > You can get cgywin for windows which is a free X windows package for
    > windows. (it also gives you a unix like environment to work in if you
    > want.) I have also used Hummingbird which is a commercial X windows
    > package for Windows.
    >
    > As for sending the sound across I personally don't mess with sound on
    > the systems that often. And would be hard pressed to think of any
    > really good reasons to take up bandwidth with something like that. But
    > that is just my tone deaf opinion. :)
    >
    > And if you plan on using VNC outside your local LAN please read up on
    > how to tunnel it via ssh. VNC is not secure by itself.
    >
    >
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