just to add to the putty suggestions, the specific feature you're looking for is port forwarding. it will reroute your local VNC through the SSH connection. works like a charm. here's a write-up: <a href="http://people.hmdc.harvard.edu/~mathpre/vnc/putty/">http://people.hmdc.harvard.edu/~mathpre/vnc/putty/</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Dick Dowdell <<a href="mailto:dick.dowdell@gmail.com">dick.dowdell@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thanks, I'll give it a try. <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Sun, Feb 3, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Gilles Gravier <<a href="mailto:gilles@gravier.org">gilles@gravier.org</a>> wrote: > Hi! > > I use MindTerm (it's free, written in Java, so runs on just about anything) > : <a href="http://www.appgate.com/mindterm/" target="_blank">http://www.appgate.com/mindterm/</a> > Once logged in through SSH, I open 2 tunnels : ports 5801 and 5901 from > remote host to localhost > Then on the Ubuntu machine, I launch vnc (creates a new session) or vino > (logs me into my local session) > Then from my Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac or whatever I have at hand, I just > launch "vncviewer localhost:1" > > (:1 and 5X01 imply virtual display :1 on the Ubuntu machine - if your > display is YY then use :YY and 58YY and 59YY) > > If your Ubuntu has the java applets for the VNC server, you can open (once > the SSH tunnels are up) <a href="http://localhost:5801/" target="_blank">http://localhost:5801/</a> and you get a Java VNC > instead of having to run a locally installed VNC viewer (nice from a > cybercafe). > > I actually have a web page on my home server on which I serve the > MindTerm.jar applet... so that from any point on the internet, including > hotel PCs, customer systems, cybercafes, I go to my web server and launch > MindTerm, then open the tunnels, then open <a href="http://localhost:5801/" target="_blank">http://localhost:5801/</a> and voila, > I'm looking at my machine from a relatively secure connection - that is, > provided there are no key loggers on the cybercafe's machine, which is a > different issue) > > Gilles. > > > On 2/3/08, Dick Dowdell <<a href="mailto:dick.dowdell@gmail.com">dick.dowdell@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > How can I access my 7.10 desktop over SSH from Window XP Pro? > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > > > > > -- > Gilles Gravier - <a href="mailto:Gilles@Gravier.org">Gilles@Gravier.org</a> > Using Google Apps web mail > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > -- </div></div><div class="Ih2E3d">Regards, Dick Dowdell 508-498-7919/508-528-4018 -- </div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Matthew Clarke