Connect to LINUX from WIN XP

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Hi guys, I work with UltraVNC on Windows PC since many years.
Now I would like to connect from a windows XP machine to a LINUX Red Hat workstation both running UltraVNC 1.5.3 (on LINUX with WINE).
The connection FROM LINUX TO XP work perfectly.

But I can't connect from XP to LINUX.

Can someone tell me:

- if this is possible

- explain the steps to have it works

Thanks in advance and congratulations to UltraVNC authors/mantainer for this their great peace of software and for this helpful forum.

Marco

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Yes it will work, and well.

First make sure that you have a vncserver installed. The xllvnc listed in one of the links in the previous post is a good package and it allows you to interact with the display that shows on the monitor, other wise you get a different one. I am assuming it is in your repositories.

I use this process all the time to control a debian linux server from my laptop. After you have your vnc-server installed fire up a command line and issue a command something like

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x11vnc -display :0 

you need not be root and this has to be done on the linux machine. There is a way to make the server stay persistant, but I am not familar with how, google will tell you.

I usally ssh into the desktop form my laptop but I run linux on eveything. You can use "putty" on the windows box to ssh into the linux box to start the vnc-server. It is free.

I was also using a command from a second ssh into the destop to setup an encrypted tunnel for the vncserver but then I came across the SSVNC scripts in the other link in the previous post. I haven't had a lot of time to play with it yet but I am thinking that I won't need the second cli any more. It looks (ssvnc) quite promising.

Once you have the vnc-server running on the linux machine you should be able to connect to it just like it was a windows box. Don't forget, the above command will terminate when the connection to the vnc-server is closed. That means that if you have trouble connecting you should check to see that it is still running, you may have to restart it several times befor you get the process down.

The above code also does not setup a password on the server. So anyone with access to the network it is on can connect to it. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

your milage may vary and google is your friend.