On 05/29/2012 09:22 PM, Tommy Pham wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 05/29/2012 06:26 PM, Tommy Pham wrote: >>> Is it possible to have remote access via VNC without having the user >>> to be logged in (automatically, especially on a system reboot)? >> >> I don't get the problem. You don't have to be logged in on >> the console, or anything like that. You just have to be able >> to start a vnc server, and you can do that via ssh. What else >> do you want to do? > > I have no problems doing the major of the work needed via ssh and > command line. However, there are a few things that requires the GUI, > specifically Oracle, for me to do a few things. Setting the autologin > would allow me to VNC into the system, especially when the system is > rebooted. But I can do it already. I log in to the system via ssh and start the vnc server. Then I create an ssh tunnel, and connect to the VNC server I just started. VNC goes through SSH. > However, that poses a security risk for me. Basically, I'm > looking for something similar to MS Windows' RDP. Whether the user is > logged or not, anyone with the right access can RDP in. IIRC, the old > original VNC server used to do that on Windows. I haven't used VNC > server in about 10~ years. What's the problem with what I just described? Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org