Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. i'd suggest vnc: http://www.realvnc.com/ http://www.tightvnc.com/ you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running and: $ vncviewer ipaddress security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. -- i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. - thomas Jefferson, 1816 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:54:38 +0300, Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello dudes, I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. I am sure there is something, but I just can't find it!! All pointers will be appreciated. -Wash I assume you have allowed (on the XP box) remote desktop connections (system properties) and the XP firewall is turned off. I've used rdesktop with win2000 systems just fine, so I'm guessing it's a setting on the XP box. If you can't get that to work, you can always try VNC. GS ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
VNC works very well for me, good suggestion! --Nick On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. i'd suggest vnc: http://www.realvnc.com/ http://www.tightvnc.com/ you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running and: $ vncviewer ipaddress security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. -- i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. - thomas Jefferson, 1816 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Odhiambo Washington Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 21:25 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely Hello dudes, I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. I am sure there is something, but I just can't find it!! All pointers will be appreciated. What you need is called a VNC. Have a look at TightVNC. It's a wonderful application. http://www.tightvnc.org There is also a FreeBSD port. Have a look at the ports collection. Regards S. Indian Institute of Information Technology Subhro Sankha Kar Block AQ-13/1, Sector V Salt Lake City PIN 700091 India smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
RE: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Pavlica Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 21:39 To: daniel Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely VNC works very well for me, good suggestion! --Nick On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. i'd suggest vnc: http://www.realvnc.com/ http://www.tightvnc.com/ you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running and: $ vncviewer ipaddress security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. -- i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. - thomas Jefferson, 1816 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not Top Post. Its kinda irritating. :-( Indian Institute of Information Technology Subhro Sankha Kar Block AQ-13/1, Sector V Salt Lake City PIN 700091 India smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 10:02 am, daniel wrote: On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. i'd suggest vnc: http://www.realvnc.com/ http://www.tightvnc.com/ you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running and: $ vncviewer ipaddress security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. One of the advantages of running the tightvnc server is that it also runs a java web server so that you can access the tightvnc server from an internet browser without the use of a tightvnc client. The port number equals 5800 plus the windown number. For example, to access window 1 at 192.168.0.2, to go: http://192.168.0.2:5801 Caveat: I've only tested this from Win2K to FreeBSD, not the other way around. Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
* Gary Smithe [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20050322 19:08]: wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:54:38 +0300, Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello dudes, I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. I am sure there is something, but I just can't find it!! All pointers will be appreciated. -Wash I assume you have allowed (on the XP box) remote desktop connections (system properties) and the XP firewall is turned off. XP Home edition does not have Remote Desktop. XP Pro has. I am running the former. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +==+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +==+ YOW!! Everybody out of the GENETIC POOL! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
XP Home edition does not have Remote Desktop. XP Pro has. I am running the former. -Wash oops. missed the home part in the original post. sorry. Go with VNC. I'm not sure how it works cross-platform, but ultravnc has a file transfer option where it can send files over the vnc ports. GS ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
XP Home edition does not have Remote Desktop. XP Pro has. I am running the former. -Wash oops. missed the home part in the original post. sorry. Go with VNC. I'm not sure how it works cross-platform, but ultravnc has a file transfer option where it can send files over the vnc ports. Works like a charm. I use RealVNC all the time. Both ways. I've even used it through SSH port forwarding. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean_AT_hedron_DOT_org PGP KeyID: 1024D/CBC5D6BB URL: http://www.hedron.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these curious markings: security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCQH5yk/lo7zvzJioRArUSAKCZ1bG0K0cEQURwPfGOBmuqbzJjXwCeNw+8 ju5tvFvFnYTykLnP/5j9pzk= =PM2b -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- I abhor a system designed for the user, if that word is a coded pejorative meaning stupid and unsophisticated. -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like 42 and God. Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:18 pm, Christopher Nehren wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these curious markings: security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren To forward a VNC session through SSH, the user will need to install a SSH application on the Windows computer. PuTTY is a free example, and is available at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:18 pm, Christopher Nehren wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these curious markings: security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren To forward a VNC session through SSH, the user will need to install a SSH application on the Windows computer. PuTTY is a free example, and is available at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ AFAIK Putty is a client only. The original user wanted to access his WinXP Home system from FreeBSD. So, Putty isn't going to do it. I think there is an OpenSSH implementation (both client and server) for Win32 that runs on XP. I know the cygwin implementation works (but the original poster may not want that much added to the XP system). http://www.cygwin.com/ and http://www.openssh.org/ -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean_AT_hedron_DOT_org PGP KeyID: 1024D/CBC5D6BB URL: http://www.hedron.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 03:26 pm, Ean Kingston wrote: On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:18 pm, Christopher Nehren wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these curious markings: security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren To forward a VNC session through SSH, the user will need to install a SSH application on the Windows computer. PuTTY is a free example, and is available at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ AFAIK Putty is a client only. The original user wanted to access his WinXP Home system from FreeBSD. So, Putty isn't going to do it. I think there is an OpenSSH implementation (both client and server) for Win32 that runs on XP. I know the cygwin implementation works (but the original poster may not want that much added to the XP system). http://www.cygwin.com/ and http://www.openssh.org/ You're right -- good catch. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
Since you mention mail etiquette, 1. If you have an issue with mail format, reply privately. Yes, I'm violating this rule here, but only as a followup. 2. Please don't bottom post. It's just as irritating as top posting. Please trim messages to the minimum length that maintains the context. If you're referring to the message as a whole rather than its content, it's appropriate to put the comments at the top. 3. Please also don't mangle messages. Your quoting algorithm makes spurious short lines with incorrect quotation levels: you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running and: You can read more about these and other topics at http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html. They will also explain why you have made a poor choice of MUA. Greg On Tuesday, 22 March 2005 at 21:47:37 +0530, Subhro wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Pavlica Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 21:39 To: daniel Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely VNC works very well for me, good suggestion! --Nick On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. i'd suggest vnc: http://www.realvnc.com/ http://www.tightvnc.com/ you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running and: $ vncviewer ipaddress security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. -- i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. - thomas Jefferson, 1816 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not Top Post. Its kinda irritating. :-( Indian Institute of Information Technology Subhro Sankha Kar Block AQ-13/1, Sector V Salt Lake City PIN 700091 India -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpAaeOqH1obT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:26:54 -0500 (EST), Ean Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:18 pm, Christopher Nehren wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these curious markings: security note: vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking daemon. This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren To forward a VNC session through SSH, the user will need to install a SSH application on the Windows computer. PuTTY is a free example, and is available at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ AFAIK Putty is a client only. The original user wanted to access his WinXP Home system from FreeBSD. So, Putty isn't going to do it. I think there is an OpenSSH implementation (both client and server) for Win32 that runs on XP. I know the cygwin implementation works (but the original poster may not want that much added to the XP system). http://www.cygwin.com/ and http://www.openssh.org/ I have successfully used the Win32 OpenSSH installer available via http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ to provide a SSH server on a remote Windows 2000 Professional system. That OpenSSH package can be installed via an installer to provide OpenSSH using a minimal requisite cygwin environment. The OpenSSH server can be run as a Windows service. Like the original poster, I wanted a way of using a Windows system remotely from FreeBSD. In my case, it was so I could remotely admin and troubleshoot a friend's Windows 2000 PC. As well as using the OpenSSH for Windows mentioned above, I used TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com/) for the VNC server on Windows and for the client on FreeBSD (installed via the net/tightvnc port). I restrict the VNC server to accept connections only from localhost, and use an SSH tunnel to encrypt all the VNC traffic between the two systems. (I can even start and stop the VNC server service remotely by issuing a net start winvnc and net stop winvnc via SSH to start and stop it, respectively.) I've found the setup to work well in practice. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. --- Frank Vincent Zappa ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
