On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > Hi Andrew, There's no problem really except that it's an additional manual step I'd like to avoid. Regards, Tommy -- 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
