Hi felix et al: Reply "Louis>"
>If you are using VNC, then you don't want X forwarding, it's a different thing. You just want plain TCP/IP port forwarding over which you use the VNC protocol. Louis> I thought VNC by itself is not secure. X Forwarding provides the encrypted security I need. Is this correct ? >I don't know, but Putty can definitely do it. Louis> Yes I got the correct version but am still stuck. >Not necessarily, but it might be easier that way in the long run. Louis> Actually if I start the vncserver and never kill the process, when I exit the ssh session would n't the vncserver still be up ? > The way I understand now is as follows: > > 1. Connect to the server via SSH; > 2. Start vncserver on the Linux server; > 3. Using Teraterm or Putty from Windows sends some > syntax commands to open up a port for listening; > 4. Fire up vncviewer on the Windows client > and connect using the port using some syntax. > >Step 1 and 3 can be combined, i.e. you start the ssh session with the port forwarding active to start with. Louis> Ok got that. But I need syntax for Putty now ? > Anyone uses Windows as their client to connect ? > >Not me sorry. Louis> No problem. Thanks for your input though. Louis. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
