how to vnc to another pc via SSH

[anyweb]

to VNC to another computer using ssh (secure) you can do as follows:-

 

why would you want to do this ? because the vnc protocol is not secure in itself and can be sniffed see this quote from the vnc FAQ

 

Q55 How secure is VNC? 

 

[enigma]

Yet another great tutorial anyweb very detailes as usual thanks m8 :)

[stephencassidy]

I dont get prompted for a password I get vncpasswd: error while loading shared libraries..... Any ideas?

 

Cheers

 

Ste

[FluKex]

why the hell havnt i already been using this from work? lol

 

just been playing around with it and realize how easy/smart it is.

 

cheers mate

[Navrax]

why the hell havnt i already been using this from work? lol  

just been playing around with it and realize how easy/smart it is.

 

cheers mate

 

I LOVE VNC!!!

[anyweb]

and heres a very good windows (putty and realvnc) to linux vnc guide

 

[/url][url=http://martybugs.net/smoothwall/puttyvnc.cgi]http://martybugs.net/smoothwall/puttyvnc.cgi

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[DustyBin]

I couldnt get this method working on Debian Etch but this is how I eventually got it working with help from P38.

 

 

HOST MACHINE

 

first uninstall any vnc server you might have running

 

apt-get install x11vnc <-- this is the vnc server

 

 

CLIENT MACHINE

 

ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 user@remotehost.com <-- this setups up the ssh tunnel from the client machine to the host machine

 

once you are connected to the host machine start up the vncserver with

 

x11vnc

 

 

HOST MACHINE

 

open up a new terminal and type

 

vncviewer localhost::5900

 

you should now have open a VNC session what is being tunneled through ssh!