From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 14 17:57:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CAC0106564A for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:57:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbiquez@intranet.com.mx) Received: from intranet.com.mx (intranet.com.mx [200.33.246.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61E318FC21 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:57:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PC2.intranet.com.mx (189.144.56.53) by intranet.com.mx with ESMTP (EIMS X 3.3.9) for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:59:28 -0600 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:57:37 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Jorge Biquez In-Reply-To: References: <3375127378-437632400@intranet.com.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-ID: <3375194368-437632703@intranet.com.mx> Subject: Re: Kind of off topic. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:57:50 -0000 At 03:08 a.m. 14/12/2010, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:21:06 -0600, Jorge Biquez > wrote: > > Hello all. > > > > A friend is asking me to help him to solve some problem he has in his > > servers. To some I would be able to connect using ssh, with other just > > it i snot possible. I remember that on the windows world there was a > > commercial software PCANywhere. He can have it but I am not sure if I > > would be able to connect to that from my Freebsd machine (of course > > not by ssh). > > > > What are you using for connecting to graphical interfaces of different > > OS's from FreeBSD? > > > > I tested some years ago a VNC software but did not work fine with MAC > > OSX (recently released by then). > > > > I know big security factors are involved for sure. > > Any suggestion on what to use, not to expensive or free? > >If the remote hosts are running FreeBSD, you can do almost *everything* >through SSH. For example most of my FreeBSD-related testing work >happens through SSH connections to virtual machines these days. > >If you really need to run a GUI application though there are a few >options: > > - The most basic is to connect to the remote machine in *some* way, > set the DISPLAY environment variable to point to a local X server > that may accept incoming connections and fire up your GUI program. > > - You can SSH into the remote machine and use the -X or -Y options to > set up 'X forwarding' back to the machine where the SSH connection > has originated from. > > - You can use programs like the NX tools > to set up a 'remotely accessible X desktop' on the target machine > and then use nxclient to connect to it from anywhere. > >The fastest and simplest method is still a plain good old SSH connection >though. It requires minimal setup (an sshd daemon on the remote side), >it is accessible from anywhere in the world, it's secure against random >eavesdroppers, it's fast to connect to, it's pretty light-weight on both >the client and server systems, and you can do _everything_ on the remote >host [even full system upgrades from source]. Hello. Thanks all for your time.... On Freebsd and Linux machines I have entered using SSH already.... and I amtrying to help (my linux knowledge is not so good). :=( Thing is to access the GUI, same screen they have with errors, on their windows and Mac machines (XP and OSX mainly). I am trying to setup one of the VNC solutions around. Just reading befores about security involved in each one. Take care all and have a great day. Jorge Biquez