On Wednesday 23 August 2006 09:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The recent Ubuntu stuffup with xorg meant that I had to ssh to a > friends computer in the USA to get his X system going again. It was not > a problem since he has a "real" ip address. > > What if he was behind a NAT router? Is there anyway that I could > connect to his machine to fix him up? (I'm not much of a guru, but I > can do some command line things).
The magic of ssh applies: The remote person sshs to you from somewhere either to your static or (quick phone call: victory = 10c/min to USA!) your dynamic address them: ssh -R 1200:localhost:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] me: ssh -p 1200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bing! Hello! James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
