[ale] how do I get graphical remote access to my linux machine

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 05:52 -0400, JD wrote:
> I use freenx as the server.  It uses ssh.keys + user passwd
> credentials.  Should take 10 min to setup following the how to for
> ubuntu. Never tried the no machine srv.

+1 FreeNX
-1 NoMachine NX Server

You can also get it to work with end-to-end ssh keys.  Hint - add the
desired key to both your authorized_keys and that of the nx account and
then set "ForwardAgent" to yes in ~nx/.ssh/config.  I use Remmina on
Linux for the client.  On Winblows you probably want to use the
NoMachine client.

I've tried the NoMachine server in the past and it was a PITA to get to
work and even then didn't work all that well (and didn't support IPv6
and didn't support certain kinds of passthroughs) but that was several
years ago.  I got FreeNX working with a fraction of the effort and it's
in the distro repositories.

> "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I moved my linux machine downstairs to make room in my work area 
> >upstairs since I don't have room for 2 desktops.  I need to get 
> >graphical remote access to the downstairs linux machine (Mint 13) using
> >
> >my Windows 7 machine as the client.  The linux machine is within my 
> >firewall at home, so I don't need super strong security.  A simple
> >login 
> >username and password is sufficient.  I tried to get nxserver from 
> >nomachine running.  It's installed, but I couldn't seem to get it 
> >configured using the text based commands to set it up.  I'd like to be 
> >able to do administration of the user database via gui or, better yet, 
> >just have it use the user database already built into Mint.  NX has a 
> >graphical administration option, but it appears to depend on having 
> >apache installed.  I don't want to do that.  The fewer server processes
> >
> >I have running, the better it is for security.  Both client and server 
> >will be on the same wifi router using wpa encryption.
> >
> >Can someone tell me an easy way to do this?  I just need one graphical 
> >server and one graphical client.  I'm not stuck on nx if there is a 
> >better solution.  Having the session encrypted would be nice, in case I
> >
> >decide to access it from outside my house at some point.  In that case,
> >
> >I'd beef up the login credentials.
> >
> >Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Ron
> >
> >
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