On the client machine, when asked for 's password, enter it to create the SSH tunnel. Point your Desktop Client to your non-standard SSH port.Fill in your IP address where it says Server.

remmina also in Dash under Remmina Remote Desktop Client.

Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls.Ĭreate Remote Desktop Client profile on your Client Machineĭo the following on the client machine: remmina Remotely Enable Remote Control of Host Machineĭo the following on the client machine, replacing 123.123.12.3 with your host machine's IP address: ssh -Y 123.123.12.3

Tick Require the user to enter this passwordġb.

Tick Allow other users to control your desktop.

Tick Allow other users to view your desktop.

vino-preferences also in Dash under Desktop Sharing.

Locally Enable Remote Control of Host Machineĭo the following on the host machine: vino-preferences Next create a Remote Desktop Client profile on your client machine in order to connect to the host machine through an SSH tunnel and ultimately view and control the host machine's desktop through an SSH tunnel. If you must first enable desktop control on your host machine remotely, head to 1b. If you can first enable desktop control on your host machine locally, head to 1a. x11vnc will then automatically try to find the right display.Īssuming you have already setup an OpenSSH Server on your host machine, you must first enable desktop control on your host machine. If your computers have funny display settings, you might do better to leave off the -display :0 segment in the SSH command. You don't have to open up any ports (as long as you can already SSH). The SSH command starts a vnc server on the remote computer and then tunnels back that port over SSH. Obviously swapping for the username and hostname/IP of the remote computer.Īnd then use a VNC client of your choice to connect to localhost:5900. Then from your local computer run: ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 'x11vnc -display :0 -noxdamage' X11vnc is a simple VNC server and you won't have to mess around with Gnome settings or 500 firewalls, just install x11vnc on all your computers (with puppet or whatever you're using for mass-control). And then double click connection-name(home-desktop as shown in the picture) to start browsing remote desktop. Under ssh authentication, it could be password or public key:Ĭlick save. Under basic tab put server address in server field. But don't enter any password, its base64 encoded. It will open vino-preferences.Īlso Click configure network automatically to accept connection. Ssh -Y Use trusted X11 forwarding, otherwise it wont work Then Run Following commands from local computer in terminal prompt: This can be achieved with vino vnc server & remmina (both come default with ubuntu if not install it by running sudo apt-get install remmina).

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