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Bob Yoplait
Asked: 2011-01-20 13:23:27 +0800 CST

Set "Remote desktop" host server remotely

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When you want to set a server to accept "Remote Desktop" connections, you do: System \ Preferences \ Remote Desktop

The thing is I just have a ssh connection to the server for now. How do you set it using only the command line ?

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3 Answers

  1. Install x11vnc on the remote computer and then punch something like this in on your local computer:

    ssh user@host -L 5900:localhost:5900 "x11vnc -display :0 -noxdamage"

    Then connect to localhost on your local computer with your VNC client. The local port 5900 will be tunnelled over the SSH connection (which is now running x11vnc).

    Simple!

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  2. Best Answer

    This will work with a normal installation:

    ssh to your remote machine, with X forwarding turned on

    ssh -X servername

    Then run vino-preferences

    Alternatively, set the gconf keys from the command line with gconftool :

    gconftool-2 --set --type=bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true

    You can see the other remote_access keys with this command :

    gconftool-2 -a /desktop/gnome/remote_access

    If your server isn't started remotely, start it with

    /usr/lib/vino/vino-server

    There's more info in this answer.

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  3. Am assuming then that you have the openssh server installed in the server. So from a client do this:

    ssh USER@SERVER. For example: ssh [email protected] This is the simple way of ssh to connect.

    The user HAS to have ssh permission in the server and must also be available in the server of course.

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