What is the best method to use ssh in XFCE? as per: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org
using some space for scratch\test builds.
or is there an opening for something like: http://sourceforge.net/projects/secpanel/files/
I would like to learn to package it, with some mentoring?
On Friday 25 June 2010 11:02 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
What is the best method to use ssh in XFCE? as per: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org
using some space for scratch\test builds.
For file transfers over ssh you can look at gigolo. But for full shell access, I always use the terminal. You can customise your .ssh/config file to make life easier significantly. For example you can define aliases for your remote machines. You can have things like,
Host alias HostName server.example.com User username
Then you can use simply `ssh alias' to connect to the server. If you setup your ssh keys properly and use the package bash-completion life gets even more easier. It does tab completion on your commands options, host-names and even directories/files on your remote machine.
If you prefer a gui, you could try a vnc client or nx client over ssh tunnelling. But I don't use the gui a lot.
GL
On 25/06/10 21:51, Suvayu Ali wrote: --snip--
If you prefer a gui, you could try a vnc client or nx client over ssh tunnelling. But I don't use the gui a lot.
GL
I prefer a gui, as it is easier to explain to non-linux people, how to go about things. To do so, I need to understand the methods myself. They (as I at times) see a terminal, they see hardship.
On Saturday 26 June 2010 04:54 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
On 25/06/10 21:51, Suvayu Ali wrote: --snip--
If you prefer a gui, you could try a vnc client or nx client over ssh tunnelling. But I don't use the gui a lot.
GL
I prefer a gui, as it is easier to explain to non-linux people, how to go about things. To do so, I need to understand the methods myself. They (as I at times) see a terminal, they see hardship.
The problem with vnc is it transmits the password for the vncserver in plain text, hence my recommendation to port forward your connection over ssh. I haven't done this before, but many of my colleagues who prefer guis do it quite often. I think the -D option for ssh is what you should look for.
Another, probably simpler (less terminal and more gui oriented), thing to try would be to use remmina and its built in capabilities for ssh tunnelling for vnc. But again I have never used it.
Worth a shot ... :-/ good luck.
Hi Frank,
On Saturday 26 June 2010 11:36 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Saturday 26 June 2010 04:54 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
On 25/06/10 21:51, Suvayu Ali wrote: --snip--
If you prefer a gui, you could try a vnc client or nx client over ssh tunnelling. But I don't use the gui a lot.
GL
I prefer a gui, as it is easier to explain to non-linux people, how to go about things. To do so, I need to understand the methods myself. They (as I at times) see a terminal, they see hardship.
Another, probably simpler (less terminal and more gui oriented), thing to try would be to use remmina and its built in capabilities for ssh tunnelling for vnc. But again I have never used it.
I just tried this yesterday, it works seamlessly. To try this, start a vncserver on the remote machine with something like,
user@remote$ vncserver :<display> -geometry <preferred_resolution>
You can leave this running if you prefer. Then you can skip this step for subsequent connections. However I would suggest turning of things like screensavers if your remote system is shared by other users.After this you can connect with remmina like this,
VNC tab: -------- remote.example.com:<display> user name:user password:<vnc_password>
SSH tab: ------------------- enable SSH tunnelling select same server port 22 user name:user authentication:either password or use ssh keys
Hopefully this is what you were looking for.
If you are interested in packaging and would like some mentoring I would be happy to help. I do not have sponsorship privs within Fedora but I would be happy to help you get to the point of applying for a sponsor.
I hang out on irc all the time under the name of maxamillion, feel free to come by #fedora-devel on irc.freenode.net, I am normally on around 8am CST until 5pm CST. Just ping me and I will reply if I'm at my keyboard and we can work on getting you moving towards being a Fedora Packager.
-AdamM (From Android)
On Jun 25, 2010 1:02 PM, "Frank Murphy" frankly3d@gmail.com wrote:
What is the best method to use ssh in XFCE? as per: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org
using some space for scratch\test builds.
or is there an opening for something like: http://sourceforge.net/projects/secpanel/files/
I would like to learn to package it, with some mentoring?
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On 26/06/10 06:41, Adam Miller wrote:
If you are interested in packaging and would like some mentoring I would be happy to help. I do not have sponsorship privs within Fedora but I would be happy to help you get to the point of applying for a sponsor.
Very much appreciated.
I hang out on irc all the time under the name of maxamillion, feel free to come by #fedora-devel on irc.freenode.net http://irc.freenode.net, I am normally on around 8am CST until 5pm CST. Just ping me and I will reply if I'm at my keyboard and we can work on getting you moving towards being a Fedora Packager.
I will do so in a couple of days, need to rebuild a box.
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