Remote desktop

[Stew Schneider]

I didn't know that! Thanks!

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Edmund Laugasson wrote:
> You are welcome! Additionally you can run GUI apps over SSH server by using:
>
> ssh -XC username at computer_IP
>
> or using non-standard SSH port:
>
> ssh -XC username at computer_IP -p <port_number>
>
> where:
> username - type the remote PC username
> computer_IP - type the remote PC IP-address
> <port_number> - type the remote PC SSH daemon port number
> -X - enable X11 forwarding
> -C - enable compression
>
> Examples:
> ssh -XC johndoe at 222.111.222.111
> ssh -XC johndoe at 222.111.222.111 -p 2121
>
> You may run SSH daemon at original port (22/tcp) but at router you can define different port, which 
> is accessible from outside world.
>
> This GUI forward works if in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file is written: X11Forwarding yes
>
> When you log in, you can run applications in background like this:
> xclock &
> firefox &
> konqueror &
> nautilus &
> openoffice.org2.3 &
> kcontrol &
> kinfocenter &
> ksysguard &
> kdesu synaptic &
> kdesu adept &
> kjobviewer &
> etc.
>
> ... and these GUI apps will open over internet through encrypted SSH tunnel in your PC! Everything 
> you will do, data will be stored over internet to the remote PC. You can open apps and also GUI 
> system configuration utilities.
>
> Then you will not disturb remote PC users and still can change, create or delete data at remote PC. 
> And also the video stream transfer is much more bandwith consuming than occasionally saving data 
> over encrypted SSH tunnel. And much more secure, when VNC session is not encrypted by default. You 
> can see and access the same apps over secure SSH and discuss over Skype, phone, etc.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Edmund
>
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