remote gui with ssh

[Eugeneapolinary Ju]

my goal is simple.

"mstsc" like remote desktop through a secure connection, under Linux.

--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: remote gui with ssh
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 10:01 AM

Dude, I don't really understand what exactly you are trying to accomplish, but this seems like the least efficient and highest-bandwidth method.  Passing Gnome desktop information across ssh connections is about as high a bandwidth operation as there could be.  You could generate huge amounts of lag due to the large amounts of data being passed - even on the same local network.  Also, there is a reason for turning off the DissallowTCP option as it is highly insecure.  If this is the setting I'm thinking of, it allows the trusted-ness of a remote system to be spoofed by any system thus allowing any system on a given network access to running remote applications on your system without any serious authentication.


If you are just trying to control the remote desktop (Gnome session) of computer A from computer B, maybe you would be better served by using the remote desktop applications.  You can setup the settings for computer A via System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop and then access it from computer B via Applications -> Internet -> Remote Desktop Viewer.  Also, you could setup a stripped-down system on computer B with a basic Xorg session and xtightvncviewer.


If you are just attempting to run specific applications remotely, you can accomplish that with ssh -Y (not -X).  This uses a secure connection to accomplish Xorg forwarding - basically a secure way to get around the DIsableTCP settings.


So yea, it really depends on what your ultimate goal is.

-Jared

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Eugeneapolinary Ju <eugeneapolinary81 at yahoo.com> wrote:


ok, I tried: 

ssh -CX ubuntu at 192.168.56.101 /usr/bin/gnome-panel

it gives me a panel, from where I can launch the applications on the remote machine, but it's still just an idea.


There is no such thing as "remote ssh gui"? :O I mean the remote machines full desktop through ssh?

thank you

--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Eugeneapolinary Ju <eugeneapolinary81 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Eugeneapolinary Ju <eugeneapolinary81 at yahoo.com>

Subject: remote gui with ssh
To: "ubuntu list" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 9:05 AM



Hi!

client & "server" = Ubuntu 9.04
Both has GNOME GUI installed.

server [192.168.56.101]: I just install openssh-server on it, and set "DisallowTCP=false" in "/etc/gdm/gdm.config", then "/etc/init.d/gdm restart". Ok.


client: I press "Alt+Ctrl+F2", ok, then I:

$ ssh -X ubuntu at 192.168.56.101 /etc/gdm/Xsession default
ubuntu at 192.168.56.101's password:

/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
xrdb: Can't open display ''
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=hu_HU.
Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.

I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to
 CAP_SYS_NICE.
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/seahorse-k6FXTU/S.gpg-agent:6252:1; export
 GPG_AGENT_INFO


Why isn't it working? Am I missing something?

Please help..

thanks



      




      
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