[opensuse] Remote control software able to control physical console
Does anyone know of remote control software for OpenSuse that can fulfill the following requirements: 1) Able to remote the "physical" display (aka display #0, physical console etc). 2) While fulfilling (1) above, also blank out the physical monitor and "lock" the physical keyboard, so that a person at the physical machine cannot readily determine what the remote user is doing. Having looked at various tools, I cannot find one that can fulfill both requirements above. Some, like vino, vnc etc can fulfill (1), but then not (2). Is there a way to configure vnc (or any of it's other incarnations, such as tightvnc, vino etc) so that one can "lock host keyboard" and "blank host monitor"? Thanks in advance for any help, -- --Moby They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 22 June 2007 17:13, Moby wrote:
Is there a way to configure vnc (or any of it's other incarnations, such as tightvnc, vino etc) so that one can "lock host keyboard" and "blank host monitor"? Sure, through a script you perform the following pseudo commands:
1) ssh into the host machine 2) su - to root 3) shutdown runlevel 5 with an init 3 command 4) exit root 5) start a vncserver note: you will need to change the defaults in .vnc startup to start kde instead of twm. 6) use vncviewer over ssh to access the vncserver: vncserver -via hostname hostname:1 The host machine will have a console login showing, and the remote machine will have an active desktop running over ssh. sweet. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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