Thanks for the tips Michael and Shaun! I'm not to concerned about security.... I will only be using it between two machines which are right next to each other to drag files betw..... wait! I can't do that with a vnc. Darn. Looks like I'm stuck with filezilla!
On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:39 AM Michael Butash <[email protected]> wrote: > > You need a vnc server, of which there are multiple. Try "apt search vnc". > Google for a decent one these days how to install it. > > I never much like VNC, not much security to it. > > As much as it pains me to admit, rdp with windows is a pretty robust > solution, and know there's xrdp, but needs to usually work with vnc, still > lacks most rdp security features, and never had any good luck getting it all > working. Linux is just sort of bad about remote desktop handling in general, > at least compared to windows. > > -mb > > > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 8:34 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> apparently it is not on MINT and it is not available in apt. >> >> sudo apt-get install vnc >> [sudo] password for bmike1: >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> E: Unable to locate package vnc >> >> >> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:03 AM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Team viewer runs on Linux too. Vnc is already installed on most Linux >> > distro's >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 7, 2020, 7:51 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Thanks for telling me about nomachine. that is what I was looking for! >> >> it is like team viewer but made for linux and by that I assume more >> >> secure than team viewer! >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 6:21 PM Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > yes.... I used this before. i think i'll use this. >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 6:00 PM Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > > filezilla is a gui sftp over ssh easy to use and available in most >> >> > > dist >> >> > > >> >> > > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 2:50 PM Donald Mac McCarthy via PLUG-discuss >> >> > > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> > >> You can also use the NoMachine software as well, it works quite >> >> > >> nicely >> >> > >> over an SSH connection. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Mac >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote on 5/6/20 2:19 PM: >> >> > >> > Thanks, I'll check it out. >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 5:19 PM Shaun Anderson >> >> > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> Alexander was correct...it's openssh-server. Graphically will >> >> > >> >> depend on the desktop you're using. >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> You can setup NFS to mount another computer as a local drive. >> >> > >> >> See this link for configuring autofs >> >> > >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Autofs >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 2:16 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss >> >> > >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >>> Thanks! What about doing it graphically? >> >> > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 4:25 PM Snyder, Alexander J >> >> > >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >>>> Search for openssh or openssh-server or something like that. I >> >> > >> >>>> forget the actual package name, but "Open SSH" is what you want. >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> I'm pretty sure it's comes by default on all major >> >> > >> >>>> distributions. >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> [email protected] >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> Thanks, >> >> > >> >>>> Alexander >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> Sent from my Galaxy S10+ >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> On Wed, May 6, 2020, 13:03 Michael via PLUG-discuss >> >> > >> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >>>>> I'm going to want the business computer to talk to the main >> >> > >> >>>>> one. You >> >> > >> >>>>> do that via ssh? I seem to remember that you needed ssh-server >> >> > >> >>>>> (or >> >> > >> >>>>> something like that) installed on at least one of the >> >> > >> >>>>> computers but >> >> > >> >>>>> apt-get install ssh<tab><tab> shows that nothing like that is >> >> > >> >>>>> on >> >> > >> >>>>> apt.... What's the deal? >> >> > >> >>>>> >> >> > >> >>>>> What I would really like is for one of the computers to just >> >> > >> >>>>> appear on >> >> > >> >>>>> the other computer as if it were like an external drive. >> >> > >> >>>>> >> >> > >> >>>>> -- >> >> > >> >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> > >> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >> >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> >> > >> >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> > >> >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> >> >> > >> >>> -- >> >> > >> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> > >> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >> >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> >> > >> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> > >> >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> -- >> >> > >> Donald "Mac" McCarthy >> >> > >> Director, Field Operations >> >> > >> Open Source Context >> >> > >> +1.602.584.4445 >> >> > >> [email protected] >> >> > >> https://oscontext.com >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> >> > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > -- >> >> > > >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> >> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
