| Walt Mankowski via plug on 11 Jul 2020 05:13:23 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Remote to an Ubuntu desktop |
Thanks to everyone for all the tips! I think Chrome Remote Desktop won't work for me since I might be viewing patient data (I work for a research lab in Penn's med school) and it sounds like it might be a HIPAA violation. x11vnc over a SSH tunnel sounds like what I was looking for. I'll give it a try this weekend and report back. Walt On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 09:28:08PM -0700, Charles Hathaway via plug wrote: > It's been mentioned on here with usual caveats of using a hosted solution, > but Chrome Remote Desktop (https://remotedesktop.google.com/?pli=1) has been > mentioned here before. It is capable of starting a different WM by setting > up a ~/.chrome-remote-desktop-session with what would be in your .xinit > file, or something like that (this SO <https://superuser.com/questions/778028/configuring-chrome-remote-desktop-with-ubuntu-gnome-14-04> > has some answers). I know at least a few larger companies use this, and use > it work... It works reasonably well. > > Charles > > On 7/10/20 7:34 PM, Mike Joseph via plug wrote: > > To add to this, I typed up some instructions for some folks in my office > > to use to remote into their Ubuntu workstations during the quarantine. > > In these, the focus was not to assume control of an existing > > graphical session, but to spawn a new, lightweight one. In case anyone > > would find these instructions helpful, here they are... > > > > On my workstation at the office: > > > > apt install tigervnc-standalone-server fvwm chromium-browser > > > > The last one (chromium-browser) is optional. It’s just because I don't > > want to kill my currently-running chrome instance on my main X session. > > > > I commented out the last line (Xsession) and added fvwmin > > `~/.vnc/startup` as follows: > > > > mj@mj-desktop:~$ cat .vnc/xstartup > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > > > > xsetroot -solid grey > > > > #x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP > > Desktop" & > > > > #x-window-manager & > > > > # Fix to make GNOME work > > > > export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1 > > > > #/etc/X11/Xsession > > > > fvwm & > > > > That prevents your normal environment (Gnome, KDE, etc) from starting > > and runs fvwminstead, in this X session. FVWM is smaller, faster, less > > graphics-intensive, and also doesn’t conflict with an already-running > > desktop environment. > > > > Then, you can run: > > > > vncserver > > > > The first time it runs, it will prompt you to set a session password, > > then it starts an X session using vncon your workstation. > > > > Now, you can port forward to your workstation from your laptop (over VPN): > > > > ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901 10.X.X.X > > > > Then, you can connect using VNC to localhoston your laptop on port > > 5901. If you are on a Mac laptop, the client is built-in! Just go to > > finder and press Command+k. > > > > Fill in the VNC dialog: > > > > It’ll prompt for your password (the one you set when you ran > > vncserverfor the first time) and you’ll find yourself with an FVWM > > desktop. From there, click anywhere on the screen to bring up a menu, > > launch an xtermand you can run whatever programs (e.g. chromium-browser) > > you want. > > > > If you get disconnected, you can always reconnect by starting at the SSH > > command above. > > > > > > -MJ > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:48 PM David Collins via plug > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote: > > > > And you can tunnel either of them through the existing ssh > > connection that you've been using. I use the x11vnc package in the > > standard Ubuntu repository to connect to my machine at work > > regularly. It connects to an existing physical X session. There > > are other VNC servers, like TigerVNC, that can connect to an > > existing X session or create a virtual session that isn't > > connected to the physical keyboard/mouse/monitor. > > > > If you aren't going to tunnel VNC through ssh make sure you use a > > VNC server with TLS capabilities and confirm that TLS is working. > > I still prefer the ssh method because it's easier to secure. If > > you restrict VNC to accept connections only from the local machine > > itself then you can use it over the port-fowarded connection > > through ssh but no one else can initiate connections to it from a > > remote machine. > > > > X2Go is based on an older version of the NX protocol. Even though > > you are already connecting across a VPN I'd still say make sure > > you setup TLS with X2Go. > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Friday, July 10, 2020 9:25 PM, christine via plug > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> > > wrote: > > > > > X2Go has always been good for me. Also, any VNC client. > > > > > > All my best, > > > Christine > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:23 PM Walt Mankowski via plug > > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> > > > 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. > > > > > > Walt > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > > Announcements - > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- > > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- > Charles Hathaway, PhD > Phone: +1 (518) 817-8024 > > charles@mcom:~$ fortune -s computers > A programming language is low level when its programs require attention > to the irrelevant. > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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