On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:03:36 +1000 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As Dean said, but direct port 22 from the Router/Gateway to the local > IP of his system. Can be tough if in a corporate environment and you > dont have that sort of permissions. > > What stuff up was this ?? > I had a Adept update last night for xorg, should I of not done it? > Havent restarted X yet since I did the update .... > There was a xserver-xorg-core update (1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3) that stuffed a lot of machines - X simply wouldn't run anymore. My understanding is that not all machines were trashed, but my friend's machine was.
It's very bad because he, like a lot of Ubuntu users, has only recently switched from Windows and it is all unfamiliar and frightening to him. If I hadn't been available he would not have had the slightest idea about what to do. I'm sure that a lot of people will be turned off for good. I understand that the problem was fixed quickly, but ..... > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:34:38AM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: > >> port forwarding. > >> > >> on the nat router, look under the games/applications menu > >> (assuming its an appliance type router) > >> > >> Dean > >> > >> Alan L Tyree 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). > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >Alan > > > > Configuring port-fowarding on the the router is clearly > > the best if you can do it. > > > > If you want nerd points, you (he) could compile netcat with > > GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE and use it to allow external people > > to use a connection initiated from the inside. You'd use > > ssl options or one of the netcat-like tools that use ssl. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
