Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem
On Friday 22 Oct 2004 15:38, 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 SNIP Thanks to all who responded to my query and I am now reading up some on secure network connections but you all gave me a start. Thanks again. Alan -- Alan Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official A 100% Microsoft-free computer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Stuck on a network problem
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. -- Alan Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official A 100% Microsoft-free computer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -q tightvnc-server tightvnc-server-1.2.9-4mdk Edit /etc/init.d/vncserver and make the top look like this: #!/bin/bash # # chkconfig: 2345 91 35 # description: Starts and stops vncserver. \ # used to provide remote X administration services. USER=root export USER then 'chkconfig --add vncserver' HTH, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Dunford Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem 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. -- Alan Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official A 100% Microsoft-free computer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem
On Friday 22 October 2004 10:28 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: 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:) To add to that, if you start using SSH, you can set your PC aside and not even hook up a monitor, keyboard, or mouse (most motherboards have an entry in their BIOS to halt on all errors, halt on no errors, halt on keyboard,disk, etc. - you'll want to set it to halt on no errors, so that the machine will not halt the bootup process if it can't detect a keyboard, etc.). Once that's done, you can simply plug the box into the wall and plug in a network cable and let it rip... You can then just SSH into the box to make any kind of modifications you need (you can even run the remote desktop from that particular PC using XDMCP or NXServer)... On a decent network, you'll think you were sitting at the box you're working on, and meanwhile your server is just sitting off by itself running like a top. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
