Monty Shinn wrote:
Gary wrote:
Hi ya'll,
I built a new CentOS 5.1 server for a client, housing a Lotus Notes /
Domino
server, and various other virtualized IBM software server guests, and
soon
will have to physically move that server to another distant location.
My question is that I will need secure access to those servers via X, not
just the C/L terminal. What do you recommend for a good secure CentOS
program which would do this. Would also want to access via a high
port, but
I am sure just about any program will allow this to be manually
configured.
Thanks for your help and input.
Gary,
You can run X apps over ssh if you use the >> -Y << option. You can
also configure ssh to use a non-standard port in it's config page.
I also believe you can port (tunnel?) VNC through ssh, but I have only
heard about that, so I may be off here. VNC is part of the standard
CentOS distribution.
HTH,
Monty
Personaly, i use TightVNC and portable PuTTY (USB Key) for Winblows. It
works ok. And the port forwarding thing is easy. I'm not sure if the
CentOS' vncserver support compression though (performance is OK for what
i do).
On the server, edit the file ~/.vnc/xstartup and uncomment the lines (as
indicated in the first line comment):
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
unset SESSION_MANAGER <=== This
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc <=== and This
Then start the VNC server on the server (first time, it will ask for a
password which you will use when connecting with TightVNC viewer), for
example:
vncserver :20 -depth 16 -geometry 1152x864 -name ServerName:MyUserName
where
:20 = the # of the terminal (i arbitrarly choose 20, you can start
multiple on the same machine and choose whatever you want)
-depth 16: Color bit depth
-geometry 1152x864 = Whatever you see fit
-name = A string that will appear in the window title of the VNC client.
Then, while connected with PuTTY, connect TightVNC viewer to:
"localhost:20" (without quotes).
To kill the VNC server: vncserver -kill :20
Some more infos there:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-November/072254.html
Guy Boisvert, ing.
IngTegration inc.
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