Re: vnc repeater

[loos <loos@qt1.iq.usp.br>]

Em Qui, 2005-11-17 às 20:20 -0600, Rodney Richison escreveu:
> Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> 
> >On Thursday 17 November 2005 1:15 pm, Rodney Richison wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Is there a vnc repeater available on linux(debian) like the ultravnc
> >>repeater?
> >>For customer support...
> >>And,,, this is probably a question in the ultravnc forum, but can you
> >>connect to a repeater using linux xvncviewer?
> >>
> >>--
> >>I don't know the answer to your question exactly, but I have successfully used 
> >>port mapping in my router to allow multiple VNC connections... which I 
> >>changed to SSH connections with VNC tunneling.  This way I can SSH into any 
> >>of my machines at home or at work and then fire up a VNC connection to that 
> >>machine if I need graphical control.
> >>
> >>What exactly do you need the repeater for?
> >>
> >>Customer support type stuff.  Have customer download the support.exe,
> >>run it, it will hit the repeater and my viewer will hit the repeater,
> >>thus getting around any firewalls on either side.  At the moment, I'm
> >>doing it with ultravnc, but it seems to be a totally winblows solution.
> >>I have to boot to windows to run the ultravnc viewer.  :(
> >>    
> >>

ssh tunneling through the server works fine, you access by VNC any
computer that is accessible by VNC from the server, and only need ssh 
access to the server.

ssh -L5900:<IPofTheComputerYouwanttoAccess>:5900   ServerName

and then direct your viewer to the localhost

Michel.