if you are really lucky, you can lock that iptables rule down even further if you have a single source address that will be accessing the remote desktop
iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --dport 5900 -j ACCEPT ~ Tim Eric Wheeler wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Joe Pruett wrote: > >>> But I would like to be able to have the equivalent of a remote desktop for >>> the Fedora box running on my Vista machine so I can use Fedora's GUI >>> interface from the Vista machine. >>> >>> I looked at Xming as my X windows software, with PUTTY, but that seemed like >>> it had a very steep learning curve. Freeware is important for this >>> home/student project. Any and all suggestions will be appreciated! >>> >> the quickest was is vnc. run vncserver on the linux box and then connect >> with vnc from windows. i don't know if fedora will default to a full >> desktop or simple one, but after you've run vncserver once you can edit >> .vnc/xstartup and easily have it start the full deal. >> > > >From Fedora's command line, run: > vino-preferences > > and configure your remote access rules. You'll also need to create a > firewall rule to allow the connection (I assume you understand the > liability of opening a remote desktop port on the host's firewall): > > iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 5900 -j ACCEPT > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
