On Friday 22 October 2004 16:38, Alan Dunford wrote: > Here I run a simple network with three machines - two running Mandrake > 10.0 and one running Windows. The second Linux machine operates as a > server on which I back up files from the other two. > > Currently the server has a monitor, keyboard and mouse but I would like > to run it as a straight forward ftp server with just a system unit. > Therefore I need to be able to switch it off remotely as the only way > until recently was to use its local controls. > > I have installed VNC on both the Linux machines which I can use to > switch off the server but have to set up VNC each time on the remote > machine as I lose the settings when that machine is shutdown. > > How can I set up VNC, and its password, so that it starts when the > server is booted and therefore allows me to remove monitor, keyboard > and mouse from that particular machine. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks.
Why not simply use ssh? It's very much more secure and allows you total remote control. With X forwarding enabled (default in MDK) and a fast connection you can run any app (including VNC-server) on a remote client whereas with a slow connection the commandline is your friend. I sometimes monitor and troubleshoot my home-server on a 56K gprs connection and my treo (palm PDA combined with GSM phone) using ssh:) -- Good luck, HarM
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