[plug] VNC

garry garbuck at tpg.com.au
Wed Oct 9 20:45:59 WST 2002


I'm playing with vnc, looking at authentication/encryption methods of making 
wireless use of an adsl connection a sane thing...

Have put in the debian (Woody) vncserver and xvncviewer packages in, and sure 
enough, i have vnc'd desktop on my laptop.. Haven't quite sussed if its 
encrypted yet, but it is certainly faster than using the apps on the local 
h/w. (Given the desktop is an Athlon 800/390MB, and the laptop is a P166/80MB 
thats not a shock..)

At this stage it appears that only one client can vnc to the host at once. 
Have I missed something? Yes, all the users I try with have accounts on the 
desktop, and have vnc servers setup.

Tried to use X forwarding in SSH, but it simply says NO. A bit more reading 
might have me authorised to do this, but I thought I was there once I had 
public key stuff set up. Any traps for new players?

The deb packages proudly boast that they include Tightvnc improvements, but 
not the nitty gritty. 

Anyone with relevant thoughts on this?

Garry



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