PLUG-discuss Digest, Vol 23, Issue 66

[Dazed_75]

On 5/21/07, James crawford <jrefl5 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> plug-discuss-request at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> > Message: 2 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:37:37 -0700 From: "Nate
> > Plamondon" <nplamondon at gmail.com> Subject: VNC remote screen blanking
> > To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Message-ID:
> > <43394c9f0705211337w7822cdbxd358ed706c7fd6ff at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I use my home computer
> > (running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) with gnome 2.16.1) frequently from
> > work and elsewhere via x11vnc 0.8.2. It works fine, although a bit
> > slow. I am, however, concerned about all my actions showing on-screen
> > at home. I would be much more comfortable with this solution if I was
> > able to keep my home screen blank and locked while interacting
> > remotely. All the advice I've been able to find points to using
> > another X session on the home machine, but I would very much like to
> > use my root console. Do any of you have a solution or suggestions on
> > where to look?
> > -- Nate Plamondon nplamondon<spam>@[sucks]gmail.com --------------
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> Not logging into root but you can setup an ssh server and use "putty" or
> another terminal emulator to access the command line, then for those
> actions that require root either use sudo or su to root.
>
> James C.
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In fact, with the ssh server runing, you can ssh into the box with the -X
option and run GUI stuff using the xserver on you local machine.  Nothing is
display on the home machine at all.

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