Re: Howto: ssh X11 display to Win2k

From: Dave Millen (postmaster_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:46:15 +0000

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:09:34 -0800, Carl J. Hixon wrote:

>> VNC works well and will show your entire linux desktop on your Win2K
>> machine.
>
> Okay, I have VNC installed on my Win2K machine. I have the file
> vnc-3.3.7-x86_linux.tar.gz on a floppy. How do I install this on my
> Linux box? I can get as far as mounting the floppy. Next... (1) (2)
> (3)....? Did I mention that I'm *very* new?
>
> Thanks,
> Carl

It's been a while since I installed vnc, but this should get you going.

Assuming your floppy is at /mnt/floppy:

cd /usr/src
tar -xzf /mnt/floppy/vnc-3.3.7-x86_linux.tar.gz

Which should give you the directory /usr/src/vnc-3.3.7-x86_linux or
similar. Type ls<return> to see it. It may just be called vnc-3.3.7

cd vnc-3.3.7-x86_linux (or whatever)
./configure
make
make install

If all goes well, you should now be able to start the VNC server as per my
first reply and connect to it with vncviewer from your win2k box.

There is a lot of customisation that you can do: choose the desktop
manager, resolution, permitted hosts/users etc., read the docs.

Pick a good password and make sure your firewall blocks ports 6000:6064 on
the internet side.

Good luck,
Dave

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