Re: [PLUG] Remote to an Ubuntu desktop

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 7/10/20 9:23 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My workstation at work is running Ubuntu 18.04. I usually ssh into it
> over our VPN and that's fine, but I realized today that I could have
> saved myself a rare (and today, very wet) trip into work if I had a
> way to run the equivalent of Windows Remote Desktop. Nothing like
> walking a few blocks through several inches of flooding water to focus
> the mind on alternative solutions!
>
> Anyone have any suggestions of packages I should look at? I don't need
> to do anything fancy, mostly just drag some files from nautilus to a
> browser tab in Firefox.

I use this trivial script to set up a one-run x11vnc connection to an 
existing Mint GUI desktop for remote support (mostly to Mom's in NJ). 
It has NO password and NO encryption, because I only use it over my LAN 
or VPN, and I have to already be able to SSH in to run this in the first 
place.  Tunneling all of it over SSH should be trivial, just connect 
some local port to the target 5900 then connect the client to the local 
port instead of the target port.

I'm using Vinagre 3.22 "Remote Desktop Viewer" as a client, but...whatever.

```
#!/bin/bash -
# remote-desktop--Fire up a remote desktop session
# JP 2019-11-25 Mon

# TO-DO: SSH wrapper?
# Vino worked well for Mint-17, but after upgrade to Mint-19 was a total 
FAIL!
# See: 
https://unlockforus.com/remotely-control-linux-mint-18-x-vnc-server-x11vnc-setup/

X11VNC='/usr/bin/x11vnc'
LOG='/var/log/x11vnc.log'

[ -x "$X11VNC" ] || {
    echo "FATAL: '$X11VNC' not found or not executable!"
    echo 'Maybe try: apt install x11vnc'
    exit 1
}

echo "This has NO PASSWORD, and will overwrite the log in '$LOG..."
echo "It will only run once, when the remote side disconnects this (& 
access) will end."
sudo x11vnc -display :0 -dontdisconnect -auth guess -repeat -nopw 
-rfbport 5900 -o $LOG
```

Good luck,
JP
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