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[Ben Browning]

Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu wrote:
> 1) I am thinking of installing Ubuntu (it's deb based anyway ;)

Movies are based on novels. Ponder this.
</fortune cookie>

> 3) Good call on the SSH, it's easyer to camandline into his box then tell him
> how to do it :)

You might try getting vnc4server running on it, and a firewall that
blocks all but SSH(i like Lokkit, a simple curses-based iptables config
tool). Then, simply tunnel your VNC connection through ssh like so:

In your ~/.ssh/config:

Host mydad
ForwardX11 yes # so you can open remote X stuff just by
# typing the command in the shell- WARNING this is MUCH
# slower than VNC for most applications
LocalForward 5900 127.0.0.1:5900
Port 65022 # if you map SSH to listen on a funny port- I do to prevent
# Cocks^wCox from hitting it in scans
User foo

Then add an appropriate entry to /etc/hosts on your box with your dads IP.

After that all you have to do is 'ssh mydad' in one terminal, and
'xvnc4viewer localhost' (using the -FullColor option if bandwidth
permits). I access my fileserver at home this way when I am away on
business- a few weeks ago I tried it from Dallas->Phoenix and there was
a little lag but certainly not bad considering.

~Ben
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