vncserver configuration ?

[stan]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 08:34:40AM -0500, Boggess Rod wrote:
> >I have an Ubuntu machine that lives behiind a NAT'es firewall. Various
> >users, who have access to Windows machines only, need to be able to
> access
> >this machine,  and log on to it to various accounts.
> >
> >What I have in mind is setting up VNC on this machine, such that when
> you
> >connect, you are presented with a login banner, much like you would get
> >with XDM.
> >
> >I can't seem to find any inormation as to how to set this up. Most of
> the
> >resources that I am finding talk about setting VNC up so that it
> presnes
> >the desktop of an already loged in user. It would be good if this VC
> >session could support muliple idnependent sesions also.
> >
> >Sugestions?
> >
> >--
> >A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> >Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> >A: Top-posting.
> >Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> >
> >------------------------------
> 
> Have you looked at xrdp? I haven't tried this with a Network Address
> Translation (NAT) Firewall, but I don't know how this would differ. In
> particular, I've had to access Microsoft Terminal Services Client
> (Remote Desktop) through the same, and the setup should be similar. The
> NAT is the problem, really, trying to figure out who gets forwarded and
> who goes splat on the firewall. (XRDP is supposed to support multiple
> sessions, too.) I mention this first and foremost because it shouldn't
> require your Windows users to install anything complicated -- just fire
> up Remote Desktop, which is already installed with their OS.
> 
> I hear also that there's a beta release of LogMeIn for Linux, if that
> suites your needs more. It bypasses the firewall by using a third-party
> rendezvous point (if configuration of port forwarding on the NAT is the
> problem). I'm afraid this works like VNC, though, in that you get the
> active console (not necessarily with someone logged on, but there is
> only one shared session). 
> 
> Alternatively, I understand that xrdp is based on VNC, and since it's
> public, you might look at their source or contact the developers to see
> if they can help you fiddle with VNC to make it do what you want.
> 

xrdp turned out to be the perfect solution for me. BTW we wer already
dealing with EDP thru the NAY fiewwall, including alternate ports.

However, I almost missed your replu, as yu responded on the wrong thread.
Not even one I had contributed to BTW.

Thanks for the ehlp!
-- 
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?