remote desktop connection

[marc]

Harold Hartley said...
> I'm trying to setup my network so I can connect to my desktop from my 
> laptop and vice versa.
> I've tried reading any help on it, but no luck.
> I've also played around the configuration too, but no go.
> 
> Has anyone out there setup about the same thing that I'm trying to do.
> If so, maybe a hint or so might get me on the right track.

Depends what you mean by 'connect'. Exchange of files can be done in a 
number of ways: NFS or Samba spring to mind. Samba is really easy on 
Dapper, because you can configure the whole thing via KControl - albeit 
with the usual bizarre handling of some things - presumably this is 
available via System Settings too.

Console-type connections can be done via ssh. If you have Windows in the  
equation, then WinSCP and Putty are useful. You need to install ssh-
server on the appropriate machines.

Remote control can be useful, when VNC comes to mind - use KRDC as the 
client (see KDE menu/Internet)

If you want to log in to say, your desktop, from your laptop as a 
regular KDE or Gnome session - i.e. remote login - then you need to 
setup XDMCP on the 'server'.

Off the top of my head, you need to edit - on the server - 
/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc and set

  [Xdmcp]
  Enable=true

and in /etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess uncomment
  *               CHOOSER BROADCAST

/etc/ssh/sshd_config needs
  X11Forwarding yes

which seems to be the default in Ubuntu, but might be set in other 
distros - I think it's 'no' in Debian. A fresh Kubuntu install will 
perform a remote connect to a server - at least it does here; hit 
[Alt+R] at the KDM and the available remote servers appear in the XDMCP 
Host menu.

There's more to all this stuff, so once we know more about what you are 
trying to do, we can pull in the extra pieces.

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Best,
Marc