Re: remote access via VNC

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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.

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