From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 13:20:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20D2A16A4CE for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:20:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net (stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A3AB43D2D for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:20:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 20-74.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.20.74] helo=yoda.datawok.com) by stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AtCdp-0003xA-00; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:20:30 -0800 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: "Derek Burns / Bend-Pak" Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:21:04 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <4372A56315CE2047890C4797D939D5B0202277@BENDPAK.BendPak.com> In-Reply-To: <4372A56315CE2047890C4797D939D5B0202277@BENDPAK.BendPak.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200402171521.04458.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4bc8f5b7f75bbf21c1869a2ad9371e5b24350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Administration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:20:31 -0000 On Tuesday 17 February 2004 02:58 pm, Derek Burns / Bend-Pak wrote: > GUI > Windows XP > And we are on the same network > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto:algould@datawok.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:43 PM > To: Derek Burns / Bend-Pak; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Administration > > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 02:08 pm, Derek Burns / Bend-Pak wrote: > > Is there a way I can administer my FreeBSD web server from my pc? > > Yes. There are many ways. > > How you administer the server remotely will depend upon many factors: > > 1. Are you comfortable on the command line, or do you want a GUI? > 2. What operating system is running on the pc? > 3. How will the server and pc communicate? (For example: Are the pc and > server on the same network? Does the pc need to dial in?) > > Andrew Gould Tightvnc is similar to PC Anywhere in that it will let you see and manipulate the server's window as if you were at the server. It is different from PC Anywhere in that it is free. Tightvnc is available for Unix and Windows; so you can use it to manage your FreeBSD server from your Windows PC. On the FreeBSD server, install tightvnc from the ports: > cd /usr/ports/net/tightvnc > make install clean On the PC, install tightvnc. You can find tightvnc packages for Windows by searching via google. If the network connection between the server and PC is not protected, you should probably run tightvnc through ssh on FreeBSD and through putty on Windows. Best of luck, Andrew Gould