[ubuntu-uk] Tutorial on PC to PC support?

[Rob Beard]

Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/11/11 Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>:
>   
>> So that leads me to my next question, is it possible to forward the port
>> to say, a virtual machine and then have another PC connect into the
>> virtual machine to pick up the port forwarding.  Sort of a proxy as such.
>>
>>     
>
> Yes :)
>
> Imagine a network consisting of three hosts.
>
> user-pc (the person needing help), expert-laptop (your laptop),
> expert-server. (your vps/server)
>
> On expert-laptop start gitso in helper mode
>
> From expert-laptop, connect to the server and setup a reverse ssh tunnel:-
>
> ssh -R5900:localhost:5900 expert-server
>
> This will bring port 5900 (used by vnc) from the server to your laptop.
>
> On user-pc the user starts gitso in the request for help mode and puts
> "expert-server" in the box.
>
> On your laptop you should see their desktop.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
>   
Ahh that's brilliant, thanks Al.  As mentioned, I use LogMeIn for 
Windows machines but I'm starting to install more Ubuntu desktops and 
this was always a concern, I'll give it a try.

Rob