Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:04:11 +0100 From: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> To: Michael Fleming <mfleming@cryptomap.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x-window Message-ID: <43E37EFB.9020408@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20060203085808.GA926@cryptomap.co.uk> References: <200602022149.17302.akbeech@alaskaparadise.com> <20060203085808.GA926@cryptomap.co.uk>
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Michael Fleming wrote: >On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:48:56PM -0900, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > >>I have sort of a newbie question. How do I connect to a remote machine with >>x-windows and get a desktop? Could someone point me in the right direction as >>I've never had a need to to do it before. I do have ssh to the machine. >> >>Beech >>-- >> >> >> >You'll have to export $DISPLAY=x.x.x.x:0.0 so that the display on the >remote machine is displayed on the local. You'll also have to forward >X11 packets, check your ssh_conf so that "forward X11 yes". >I use cygwin on my work laptop ( XP ) and a openvpn connection to my BSD >machine then fire up the display on the XP machine. >I did use just ssh and allowed only ssh from the outside to the BSD >machine, but found that someone was trying to brute force the username >and password so set up the openvpn. I feel a lot more comfortable with >that, even though it's just my own private network. >There's plenty of info on google to point you in the right direction. > > I also noticed a lot of brute force username and password attempts, an easier solution is to just change the default SSH-port ( /etc/ssh/sshd_conf ) as I did >Mike > > >> >> >> > > > > > -- -Frank Staals
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