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From: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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Subject: Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....
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On Monday 03 September 2007 01:46:30 Andrew Gould wrote:
> On 9/2/07, Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote:
> > > Don't feel guilty.  Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you
> >
> > travel!
> >
> > > You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> >
> > There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC.
> > I have done it on Linux but I could not get it to work in FreeBSD.
> > _______________________________________________
>
> I've had good luck with both vnc and tightvnc.  The only "tricks" that I
> can think of are remembering the right window/port and allowing the ports
> through the firewall.

I did not use TightVNC, but some other VNC.
I will try it again, with TightVNC

thanks