[Cialug] Remote Access

Tim Wilson tim_linux at wilson-home.com
Mon Aug 14 17:41:21 CDT 2006


Sounds like that might be a good "lightning" topic.  I can give some
info, but my info will be based on command line ssh, not Putty.

On 8/14/06, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/14/06, David Stout <ragbrai65 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well I am able to SSH in and can get a terminal window. The problem was that
> > outgoing port 22 was blocked here at work. Thank you to everyone who
> > responded.
> > I do have another question in regard to this can I tunnel vnc though SSH? if
> > so where would I find documentation on doing that.
>
> The short answer:
>
> 1) In an xterm on the local machine, type the following:
>   ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 username at ssh.server.com
> 2) In another xterm on the local machine (the first is now connected
> to the remote side, so don't use it):
>   vncviewer localhost
>
> The long answer:
> Well, that's beyond the scope of this e-mail message, so bring your
> questions to the CIALUG meeting, if you can attend.  If not, then
> study up on ssh.  The man page is very, very useful, but there are
> also very good resources such as the one Dave Champion pointed out.
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Tim


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