remote access

[NoOp]

Paul Kaplan wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 February 2007 3:57:20 am Michael R. Head wrote:
>> On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 21:10 -0500, Paul Kaplan wrote:
>> > I'm trying to use vnc4viewer on an edgy box at work to connect to my
>> > electronically comatose dad's home XP box.  I have realvnc setup on the
>> > XP box and it works from my home boxes, but the problem is that our
>> > corporate network seems to be locked down tight (and I have no admin
>> > access nor am I likely to).  I can't ping any IP address that is outside
>> > the corporate network, so I assume that the firewall is blocking access.
>> >
>> > How can I get through?  If anyone has any suggestions, could you also
>> > point me to some explicit instructions?
>>
> I discovered part of a solution...I think.  Since I'm using realvnc on the XP 
> box, I can access via its build-in java server.  However I'm noticing that if 
> I attempt to connect to an account on the XP box that doesn't have admin 
> privileges, the user account dies and I'm thrown back to the XP login screen.  
> This doesn't occur if I use an xvnc client or if I use java to connect to an 
> account w/ admin privileges.
> 
> Does anyone know whether this is a realvnc server problem, an XP problem or a 
> java problem on my edgy box?  How to fix?
> 
> Paul
> 

On the XP side use ultravnc instead of realvnc:
http://www.uvnc.com/index.html

I use UltraVNC for all of my windows clients/customers - excellent
product. I actually prefer to use ultravnc under WINE vs Gnome-RDP as
this also allows me to do file transfer (to/from) with the remote
windows PC for updates etc. You can also set them up and allow secure
access via a browser client. Additionally, when I have a customer that
simply *cannot* figure out how to allow a connect, even with the Java
SSH, I use SingleClick, and that allows them to call me rather than me
trying to work my way through their NAT etc.

Much more secure than realvnc and much easier to use -- for regulars, I
just call, have them open a browser & go to whatsmyip.org, tell me their
IP address, have them open the VNC server (icon on desktop) and log in.
They can see me accessing the machine (unlike realvnc/gnome-rdp) as the
icon changes colors, can chat with me via the text chat client, and can
even terminate my session if they want. Slick stuff.

Forums are well supported:
http://forum.ultravnc.info/

I only wish that they'd do a real ultravnc package for linux (it's been
discussed in the forums).