Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem

2004-10-23 Thread Alan Dunford
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

RE: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem

2004-10-22 Thread Bill Shirley
[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

Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem

2004-10-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
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

Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem

2004-10-22 Thread Randall D. Hobbs
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