[Discuss] helping new Linux users remotely ?

[Jeremy Kiffiak]

It's possible to do a reverse connection with VNC? The server software  
can initiate a connection to an instance of client software? How does  
that work? I am really interested!

What about having the remote systems create SSH tunnels that you could  
then use to manage the system with a variety of options (CLI, tunneled  
VNC, tunneled X, WebMin).  This gives you the added benefit of  
encrypting all data. SSH also supports data compression so you may see  
some other benefits as well.

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On 2009-07-22, at 23:43, Steven Kurylo <sk at infinitepigeons.org> wrote:

> You could give them a shortcut on their desktop which launches VNC
> server which connects back to your IP address running a vnc client -
> that gets you through their nat and removes the need for dynamic dns,
> except for your IP.
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Larry Gagnon<lggagnon at uniserve.com>  
> wrote:
>> Thanks for your two suggestions Patrick and jbakshi! After posting my
>> message yesterday and with a bit more thought I realized it was the  
>> dynamic
>> IP address problem and DynDNS might be the answer. Again the only  
>> hassle
>> would be creatig a separate account for each user. Doable for sure,  
>> but I
>> guess we have to decide if it is worth the hassle. Nonetheless,  
>> something
>> for me to ponder before I roll out our new distro - and yes - all I  
>> use to
>> clone is the amazing "dd"!
>>
>>
>> Larry
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