On Wednesday 22 March 2006 10:23, Jim Bohnsack wrote: > I don't know about using PUTTY or doing any kind of tunneling from a > remote PC to get back to my desktop, but when I travel for business > or to visit my family, I use a diskette or a USB ramdrive that > contains the REALVNC client and connect to my desktop where I run > the server code. One of the people with whom I work just downloads > the VNC client. Another solution may be just to use a browser > connection. I've been told that works great, but I haven't tried it. > I know that I have absolutely no security using the free client only > but it is a way you could start and then build up from there. > Jim
What OS are you working on, Jim? Thanks! Hal > At 07:00 AM 3/22/2006, you wrote: > >Send VNC-List mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >than "Re: Contents of VNC-List digest..." > > > > > >Today's Topics: > > > > 1. VNC From CD (Hal Vaughan) > > > >--__--__-- > > > >Message: 1 > >From: Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: VNC From CD > >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:03:54 -0500 > > > >I'm dealing with situations where I'll be working on some other > >computers without RealVNC on them, both Windows and Linux. I'm > > looking at using PuTTY (or Plink -- forgot which works best at the > > moment, but both are stand alone binaries) to create a connection > > back to my home/office system, and running a VNC connection > > tunneled through that. Since I'm going to be working on other > > people's computers, I don't want to install either PuTTY or > > RealVNC. > > > >If I put RealVNC (both Windows and Linux) on a CD (each version in a > >separate directory) run it from there, would there be any issues? I > >figure in Windows I can probably put it all in one directory and use > > a simple VBScript program to run PuTTY, then RealVNC, and make sure > > the connections are there. I think in Linux I'd be using a shell > > script that would set the PATH to include the appropriate directory > > (and/or subdirectories if I have any), then run PuTTY, and then run > > RealVNC. I don't see why this should be an issue. I know RealVNC > > uses a library not all systems have, but from what I've seen I can > > set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and have that library in a directory on the CD. > > > >Are there additional issues? I figure if this works, I can carry > > either a USB ramdrive or business card CD with PuTTY and RealVNC > > for both Linux and Windows and that would easily let me connect > > back to my own system (probably as both a server and client, in > > case I have someone at my system who needs to share access to the > > system I'm on). > > > >Thanks for any comments. > > > >Hal > > > > > >--__--__-- > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > >VNC-List mailing list > > > > > >[email protected] > > > > > >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > > > >End of VNC-List Digest > > Jim Bohnsack > Cornell Univ. > (607) 255-1760 > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
