Remote management of laptop?

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What's the best/easiest way to remotely manage another linux pc from linux.

Busy installing Arch on my laptop but would like to do everything via my desktop as if I'm on my laptop. Laptop already has a base install+Xorg+Openbox on it.
 
UltraVNC

http://www.uvnc.com/

You can install the Server on the box that needs to be managed and connect through a normal browser (ip address + ultravnc port) or you can use the UltraVNC Viewer to connect to the box.
 
Depends on what you trying to manage and familiarity with Linux

There are a couple ways to do this using Linux. most distros have a remote desktop feature installed as default on the box which will allow you to connect via VNC Viewer to the box.

If you are looking to manage server applications then webmin is also a great tool. provides a web based gui for the server.

Obviously if you are also very familiar with Linux, then you can use ssh to gain access securely into the server, and change parameters via the terminal. for extra security you can use key encryption to prevent unauthorised access as well.
 
ponder said:
What's the best/easiest way to remotely manage another linux pc from linux.

Busy installing Arch on my laptop but would like to do everything via my desktop as if I'm on my laptop. Laptop already has a base install+Xorg+Openbox on it.
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Teamviewer or Logmein if you don't feel like doing any port forwarding. VNC will require you to port forward if you are trying to connect from outside the local lan.

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People, the laptop is 2m away from me on the same LAN, I don't need to access it via the internet, I just want to finish prepping it from my desktop.

Which is the best VNC client that works over SSH and supports Reverse VNC (This should solve NAT issues)?

I recall back in the old days just exporting a X session from a server to my desktop via something like reflection X.

Keep the suggestions coming.
 
Then i would simply go for the remote desktop option on the distribution you are using. That will probably be the easiest route to go. you can use any VNC client to connect to it. i use realVNC from a windows desktop.
 
Vinagre and tigervnc are good choices if you're on the same network or using a VPN, vinagre is better suited to wide screens IMO.
 
durbandave said:
Then i would simply go for the remote desktop option on the distribution you are using. That will probably be the easiest route to go. you can use any VNC client to connect to it. i use realVNC from a windows desktop.
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My distro does not have a default RDP client (Arch).


MickZA said:
Vinagre and tigervnc are good choices if you're on the same network or using a VPN, vinagre is better suited to wide screens IMO.
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After a bit of reading TigerVNC also caught my eye. Other very interesting options seems to be Remmina & NoMachine NX Client, anybody got any experience with these?
http://www.tekbuz.com/in-depth-7-of-the-best-linux-remote-desktop-clients-76th-edition/7609 for a quick review on the latter two above.
 
the remote desktop option isnt rdp session, but what it is called under the linux distro in Gnome Desktop. It is basically a VNC session into the box using the built in linux module. i have seen this option in pretty much every distribution.
 
I gave remmina a test drive (it's in the Fedora repos) and it seems fine - possibly a little "fussy" for your purposes but each to their own :)

I baulked at testing NX Server free edition though due to the following info on their download page:

Note: Installation of NX Server for Linux requires the download and installation of three packages: client, node and server. The client is needed because it ships libraries used by the node. The node is needed because it ships tools needed by the server. Furthermore, the SSH server daemon (SSHD) needs to be up and running on each of the NX Node machines since NX relies on the mechanism provided by the SSH subsystem for handling user authentication.
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Seems a little over-engineered to me :(
 
Got that setup. Struggled my ass off as it kept on biatching about not being able to open the display. I forgot to restart the ssh daemon after I changed the config files :o
 
While we're back on the subject (due to since deleted spam) I find remmina is the best solution on Gnome 3 as vinagre has issues with function keys, I've also kicked RealVNC into touch and am now using TightVNC on my Windows clients - no finicky firewall problems with Win 7.
 
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I should probably look into this again seeing I have new setups on the desktop & laptop.
 
I found tightvnc pretty easy to use, but don't really find the need to vnc in anymore as I either have the access to something via a web app or I can do what I need through ssh.
 
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