On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 22:36 +0000, Tony Arnold wrote: > > Alternatively ssh to her machine and setup a tunnel with -L and then get > > her to enable remote desktop and use rdesktop at your end to view her > > desktop via the ssh tunnel. Then run the update manager. > > Don't I get my own desktop if I do that rather than hers? But I see what > you are saying. >
No, you ssh to her, forwarding port 5900 from your desktop to hers. Then you use rdesktop to view localhost:5900 and you get her desktop because ssh forwards those packets down the tunnel to her machine. Works well, I do this when I want to administer my brothers computer. > One of my reasons for putting Linux on this machine rather than Windows, > was as she had no experience what so ever it didn't matter what system I > gave her, and as Linux is easier to administer remotely, I went for that. > I came to the same conclusion when making the computer for my brother. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
