Re: Windows to Linux via VNC

23 Mar 2006

      I have a similar setup, but cannot get it to work either.    VNC server is 
running on a SUSE93 system.  router directs SSH-22 to an OpenBSD 
system.  I'd like to tunnel from an outside system (Win98/WinXP) through 
the BSD system to the SUSE93 system.  SSH from remote Win98 through router 
via PuTTY to OpenBSD works; VNC from a windows machine local to SUSE93 
system works; but I can't seem to figure out the SSH tunneling/forwarding part.

The webpage mentioned ny Sandeep refers to an old/obsolete version of 
PuTTY; perhaps this is part of the problem?  Is there a more current page 
out there somewhere?

The webpage is also not clear on which system one actually invokes 
vncviewer.  Which is correct:
1) PuTTY into OpenBSD system, run vncviewer pointing to SUSE93 system
2) PuTTY into OpenBSD, ssh over to SUSE93; run vncviewer pointing to localhost.

Frank

At 12:15 PM 3/17/06, Sandeep Narasimha Murthy wrote:
...
Hi,
My Setup:
Home - Windows XP
Office - 1 Solaris Box and 1 linux box
I connect to my office LAN via SSH (Solaris box). I need to reach the 
Linux box on my office network which has VNC server running on it.
My VNC Server in my linux box accepts requests on port 5901. I use PUTTY 
for SSH connection to the solaris box. I configured PUTTY according to the 
instructions in 
http://home.highertech.net/~john/Putty-Tunnel/putty-tunnel.html.
Next, launch VNC Viewer and try to do localhost:1, localhost:5901 etc.. 
but nothing happens..
Any suggestions ?
Thanks in adv,
Sg
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From: "Sandeep Narasimha Murthy" 
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Hi guys,
I am trying to do exactly what Ron is suggesting but having some =
problems.  The local machine is a WinXP machine and I connect to the =
remote Server X using PUTTY.
How exactly do I configure Port forwarding in Putty ? and do I need to =
run an additional X Server on my local machine ??
Thanks a lot,
Sandeep Murthy
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Subject: Unix to Windows via VNC
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:59:30 -0000
From: "Sandeep Narasimha Murthy" 
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I am connecting to a remote Solaris server X via SSH and from server X
have telnet and ftp access to all other machines on the network where
the server X resides.
=3D20
My question is whether I can use tightVNC to connect to a windows
machine from this Server X ?? i.e.  launch a VNC session from the server
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Appreciate some suggestions,
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TIA,
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I am connecting to a remote Solaris server X = =3D via SSH and from server 
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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:57:40 +0000
From: R 
To: vnc-tight-list@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Unix to Windows via VNC
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 09:59:30AM -0000, Sandeep Narasimha Murthy =
wrote:
...
Hi,
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I am connecting to a remote Solaris server X via SSH and from server X
have telnet and ftp access to all other machines on the network where
the server X resides.
=20
My question is whether I can use tightVNC to connect to a windows
machine from this Server X ?? i.e.  launch a VNC session from the =
server
..
Since tightvnc is a graphical interface not a command line one, the
simple answer is No, Having said that, if you can get the display that
would be displayed on server X tunnlled back to your initial machine
then yo could do this. It may be possible that you can do this by using
the X11 Forwarding feature of SSH, and running a local X server, but
this is a lot of hassle. Why not just run your tightvnc viewer on your
local machine and tunnel that down to the other machines you want to
acccess?
This is what I do here when I'm at work.
I SSH back to my home and login to a machine running OpenBSD which acts
as my firewall etc. I port forward, using SSH tunneling, several local
ports on my work PC to remote machines on the internal LAN of the remote
OpenBSD machine.
I then run tightvnc locally, connect to localhost port 5901, and this
gets forwarded to remote machine 192.168.1.x. If I connect to localhost
port 5902 it gets forwarded to 192.168.1.y on my remote LAN etc etc.
Works fine.
HTH
R.
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From: Ron Joffe 
To: vnc-tight-list@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Unix to Windows via VNC
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:59:38 -0500
On Thursday 09 March 2006 04:59, Sandeep Narasimha Murthy wrote:
...
I am connecting to a remote Solaris server X via SSH and from server X
have telnet and ftp access to all other machines on the network where
the server X resides.
Sandeep,
Is this the scenario you have?
1. You want to connect to a vnc server residing on a windows machine =
(port=3D
=3D20
5900 of ip 1.2.3.4).=3D20
2. The windows machine is accessible to the solaris server (ip =
6.7.8.9).=3D20
3. You access the solaris server via ssh.
If so, a bit of port redirection in in order.
=3D46rom you local machine (I am assuming unix flavor, but it can be the =
same=3D
 via=3D20
putty on windows):
ssh -C -g -L 5910:1.2.3.4:5900 login@6.7.8.9
This will set up an ssh tunnel from your local machine to the solaris =
serve=3D
r.=3D20
Then it will add a port tunnel between the windows vnc server (port 5900 =
of=3D
=3D20
1.2.3.4) and port 5910 of your local machine.
Next:
vncviewer localhost:10
Try that out and let me know.
Ron
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From: John Aldrich 
To: 'Sandeep Narasimha Murthy' 
Cc: "VNC List (E-mail)" 
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:08:48 -0500
vnc-tight-list-admin@lists.sourceforge.net wrote on :
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Hi guys,
I am trying to do exactly what Ron is suggesting but
having
some problems.  The local machine is a WinXP machine and I
connect to the remote Server X using PUTTY.
How exactly do I configure Port forwarding in Putty ? and
do
I need to run an additional X Server on my local machine
??
Sandeep: See http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/30.html There's a
couple step-by-step how-to documents listed there.
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From: "nono" 
To: 
Subject: Win 98
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:43:33 -0300
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First, sorry but my english is too bad.
My question is...
I install the VNC on W98se and make that start in service mode....
When the PC Starts showme the configuration windows.
Why?
Thanks !
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First, sorry but my english is too=20 bad.
My question is...
I install the VNC on W98se and make = that=20 start in service mode....
When the PC Starts showme the = configuration=20 windows.
Why?
Thanks !
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From: "James Weatherall" 
To: "'nono'" , 
Subject: RE: Win 98
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:29:34 -0000
Organization: RealVNC Ltd.
Nono,
You're seeing this behaviour because you're running a VNC 3.3-based server
and haven't configured it for service-mode.  You can either configure the
service-mode settings, or you may find it simpler to upgrade to VNC Server 4
(http://www.realvnc.com/download.html).
Cheers,
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
...
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Subject: Win 98
First, sorry but my english is too bad.
My question is...
I install the VNC on W98se and make that start in service mode....
When the PC Starts showme the configuration windows.
Why?
Thanks !
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:12:58 -0500
From: "David Russo" 
To: 
Subject: Connection options
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How do I save changes to the Viewer connection options so that I don't
have to set them each time?
How do I remove IP addresses from the drop down list in viewer
connections?
Thanks.
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How do I save changes to the Viewer connection options so that I = don't 
have to set them each time?
How do I remove IP addresses from the drop down list in viewer = connections?
Thanks.
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From: John Aldrich 
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Subject: RE: Connection options
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:18:25 -0500
David Russo wrote on Friday, March 10, 2006 1:13 PM:
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How do I save changes to the Viewer connection options so
that I don't have to set them each time?
How do I remove IP addresses from the drop down list in
viewer connections?
Thanks.
the first part is simple. Open a connection somewhere and then make the
changes you want. Then hit your "F8" key and select "options" then click on
the "load/save" tab and then in the "defaults" section, click "save" and
that becomes your new default settings. Not sure how to clear the IP address
from the drop-down box, unless you do it through Windows.
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:59:36 -0500
From: "Van Sickler, Jim" 
Subject: RE: Connection options
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Subject: RE: Connection options
David Russo wrote on Friday, March 10, 2006 1:13 PM:
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How do I save changes to the Viewer connection options so
that I don't have to set them each time?
How do I remove IP addresses from the drop down list in
viewer connections?
Thanks.
the first part is simple. Open a connection somewhere and
then make the
changes you want. Then hit your "F8" key and select "options"
then click on
the "load/save" tab and then in the "defaults" section, click
"save" and
that becomes your new default settings. Not sure how to clear
the IP address
from the drop-down box, unless you do it through Windows.
To remove the previous sessions, open up the vncviewer,
("New TightVNC Connection" at the top)
click on Options, then the Globals tab, and click
on the "Clear the list of saved connections" button.
Jim
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Re: Windows to Linux via VNC

Frank Bax