[nmglug] Remote Desktop Tunneling

[Beau Bechdol]

So I would run "username at host1$ ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900 username at host2"
on the remote machine or my laptop ?

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <farnsaw at stonedoor.com>
wrote:

> Beau,
>  Inline below are the instructions for doing X-forwarding via SSH, just
> run the command as shown there.  For example I would run:
>
> andy-farnsworths-macbook:~ billybob$ ssh -X billybob at trash.stonedoor.com
> Password:
>
> And get this as the results:
>
> Linux trash 2.4.27-3-686 #1 Tue May 30 00:56:40 UTC 2006 i686
>
> The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
> the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
> individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
>
> Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
> permitted by applicable law.
> You have new mail.
> Last login: Wed Apr 16 12:22:19 2008 from some.random.host.comcast.net
> farnsaw at flash:~$
>
> Then just run your X Applications (such as xeyes or xearth) and it
> should appear on your local machine.
>
> You do the same thing for VNC but you need to get the VNC server up and
> running, then execute the ssh command as shown below and you will find
> that if you use the VNC Client to connect to localhost, it will go
> across your tunnel to the linux box and you will have the screen
> available locally.
>
> Andy Farnsworth
>
> Beau Bechdol wrote:
> > So any guidance on how to set this up ?
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Sam Noble <s at mnoble.net
> > <mailto:s at mnoble.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 09:38 -0600, Beau Bechdol wrote:
> >     > Is there an advantage from one to another? Meaning is one faster
> >     than
> >     > another ?
> >
> >     X forwarding with ssh is really easy to quickly run an application
> >     (mostly because sshd is likely already configured properly), but
> >     VNC is
> >     more responsive over slow connections.
> >
> >     A:
> >     username at host1$ssh -X username at host2
> >
> >     username at host2$xlogo
> >
> >     B:
> >     Turn on and configure VNC (on ubuntu it's likely already running via
> >     'vino' but that only works for existing logged in sessions. If you
> >     want
> >     to be able to log in and out etc you'll need to turn it on in your
> >     xorg.conf or equivalent)
> >     username at host1$ ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900 username at host2
> >
> >     Then in another window:
> >     username at host1$ xvnc4viewer localhost:1
> >
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