Cool app!!

[Ice-9]

I found this cool little application, VNC, which allows you to take control of another desktop remotely.
Much like PC Anywhere but completely freeware!!
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/download.html

It's available for Windows, Linux/Solaris and Mac.
this is probably gonna solve my problem of remotely controlling a box regardless of it being a Linux or Windows box.

[voidmain]

I have been using that for about 4 years now to administer NT servers from Linux.  And it's been included with RedHat for some time now.

[Aaron Ni]

Oh wow, I think I'll get that a fiddle with it.

Thanks for contributing Ice9.

[sporkme]

sounds like fun

[Master of Reality]

I use VNC for my Linux -> windows computers all the time.

[Ice-9]

Ok, I'm back from holiday, time for some action again  

What could be the reason I can't connect with it from a Linux box to a Windoze box?
Win - Win = no problem
Lin - Win = no go
Do I have to configure Samba or something like that?
I extracted the tar.gz file, copied the apps in /usr/local/bin and vncviewer starts up, I get the little box where I have to enter an ip
In Windoze I enter it, reeive a prompt for a password and I'm in, but with Linux I enter the ip and nothing happens .....
I can ping the win box no problem though.

[Master of Reality]

you have to install the vncserver on windows and the vncviewer on linux for it to work from lin -> win.
if you want win -> lin, then install the vncserver on Linux and the Viewer on Windows.

[Ice-9]

That's what I did, I want to connect from a dual boot Lin/Win box to a Win only box.
Win only box runs the vnc server and when I connect to it from the Dual boot box using Windoze it connects fine, but not when I try to connect to the Win only box from the dual boot box using Linux.

[Kintaro]

I use VNC at lan partys as the GULP team have a projector and what better way to spectate certain things. Its also a good joke if you like use it too open paint and right "You are going to die" when your mums playing card games.

Or just rebooting someones computer!

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by Ice9:
That's what I did, I want to connect from a dual boot Lin/Win box to a Win only box.
Win only box runs the vnc server and when I connect to it from the Dual boot box using Windoze it connects fine, but not when I try to connect to the Win only box from the dual boot box using Linux.

does it just do nothing? Did you put in the right password? the right IP?

[Ice-9]

In Linux, all I get is a little window "server dialog" wher I have to input the ip, I input it and the ip field in the window goes blank again and nothing happens.
When I do exactly the same from Windoze I get a password prompt and next thing I know I'm looking at the desktop of the box I'm connected to :/

[voidmain]

Try typing:

vncviewer ipaddress

from a shell.

[ July 27, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[sporkme]

it works fine for me

[sporkme]

right now i am 100 miles from home, accessing my brother's box on windows, and i am horrified to find that someone has rebooted my box to windows.  at least vnc is cool.

what about security?

[voidmain]

There are VNC hacks out there. You should at least restrict what IPs/networks can access the VNC port.