Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-13 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 12 January 2009 03:36, Scott Silva wrote: on 1-9-2009 12:41 PM Marko Vojinovic spake the following: I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote access to it to perform regular

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-13 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 12 January 2009 04:13, Christopher Chan wrote: the connection must be initiated from C's side to A. This simply cannot work simultaneously, so I tried to make use of my public server B which can be used as a bridge between A and C. So, A connects to B, C connects to B, and then A

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-13 Thread Les Mikesell
Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Monday 12 January 2009 09:01, Sorin Srbu wrote: ssh -L 3390:private-ip-of-remote-XP-machine:3389 usern...@ip-or-hostname-of-remote-nat-server Well, first, private-ip-of-remote-XP-machine is dynamic, given by my ISP's dhcp server, so I cannot have 100% guarantee

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-12 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Marko Vojinovic Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:36 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host ssh -L 3390:private-ip

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-11 Thread James Bensley
No, the main problem is that A is behind my ISP's NAT. I want to access it from C (yes, I'll be travelling a lot and C might be just about anywhere). But the problem is that since A is behind a NAT, the connection must be initiated from A's side to C. Also, since C might be behind some other

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-11 Thread Scott Silva
on 1-9-2009 12:41 PM Marko Vojinovic spake the following: Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-11 Thread Christopher Chan
the connection must be initiated from C's side to A. This simply cannot work simultaneously, so I tried to make use of my public server B which can be used as a bridge between A and C. So, A connects to B, C connects to B, and then A and C communicate. Roughly speaking... That was my

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Daniel Bird
Marko Vojinovic wrote: Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Friday 09 January 2009 21:41, Marko Vojinovic wrote: I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote access to it to perform regular system maintenance, virus cleanups, occasional software

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread John R Pierce
Marko Vojinovic wrote: Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 10 January 2009 23:03, John R Pierce wrote: Marko Vojinovic wrote: I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote access to it to perform regular system maintenance, virus cleanups,

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 10 January 2009 22:48, you wrote: I am confused by your description. Do you mean you have Machine A and Machine B and you want to be able to access both of them at any time over the next three years from Machine C but you could be behind a firewall with machine C i.e. I assume you

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Ken Godee
That was my initial idea, but seems too complicated to work out, so I asked for a possible easier alternative. :-) Might be to easy an alternative. http://www.gotomypc.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009, Marko Vojinovic wrote: On Saturday 10 January 2009 23:03, John R Pierce wrote: Marko Vojinovic wrote: I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote access to it to

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread John R Pierce
Bill Campbell wrote: The real issue is how one would script this on the Windows side as the OpenVPN client I've seen for Windows assumes GUI control. the Windows OpenVPN implementation supports pretty much the same command line interface as the Unix version... the OpenVPN GUI is just an

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-10 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009, John R Pierce wrote: Bill Campbell wrote: The real issue is how one would script this on the Windows side as the OpenVPN client I've seen for Windows assumes GUI control. the Windows OpenVPN implementation supports pretty much the same command line interface as the Unix

[CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-09 Thread Marko Vojinovic
Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote access to it to perform

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-09 Thread Tim Nelson
OpenVPN. Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 - Marko Vojinovic vvma...@panet.co.yu wrote: Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-09 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Marko Vojinovic vvma...@panet.co.yu wrote: Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Marko Vojinovic wrote: Sorry for an off topic post, but a lot of you folks are sysadmins here or there, and just might have a suggestion... ;-) I have a WinXP machine that is to be unattended for a period of 3 years (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but still...). What I need is remote

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Remote control of a WinXP machine from a Linux host

2009-01-09 Thread Franklin S Werren
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