Free NX is the solution that MANY of us all needed:
I’m on a windows or linux box, and need to remote control another linux box… securely… over ssh only… SSL secure… oh, and with GUI too!
Enter NX…
Server Setup:
On your linux box (nx server)
Open terminal, and su to root
guess what – that’s it! The yum install does ALL the config for you!
You should only need to copy the client.id_dsa.key from /etc/nxserver to your client,
then properly import the key into the client setup
Client Setup:
Windows Box
Download the Windows client from www.nomachine.com
Install – take defaults all the way through.
Linux (Fedora core 5, 6)
download linux client from www.nomachine.com
remember where you saved the file – I saved mine here: /home/dan/nxclient/
open terminal and su to root:
You have to do it this way, because of dependency issues – it took me forever to figure this one out – you can’t install just by rpm -ivh …
that’s it, now config the clients…
Client Configuration (Win & Nix):
The Session wizard:
Session name: what ever you want to call it…
Host: IP address or DNS name of your server
Port: 22
Internet connection – slide to your speed
Next>
Drop down boxes:
Right one is Unix
Left one – depends on you desktop environment – choose KDE or Gnome
Size of your remote desktop: select your resolution
**** Check the box for Enable SSL encryption of all traffic ****
Next>
Check the box for Advanced Configuration dialog
Finish>
Advanced Configuration dialog:
Click the «Key» button, then Import.
Browse to the client.id_dsa.key file you got from your server setup.
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