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phill

Hi there,

I'm looking for a simple way to provide a remote machine take over, via the internet.

Why? I have converted my dad's machine to Ubuntu, and I need to support it, but 4hrs drive each way to solve dumb questions is a little OTT.

I've been playing with linux for a while, at the (GUI level). I can follow "ho to's" to get stuff working, but am by no means a command line junky!

I read the latest remote access guides in the magazine, but a short way into the subject I was lost.

I've managed to get local remote access working, but as soon as you put a router and the web in the equation it's way to hard.

My (simple) vision is to have a program on the target machine run which authenticates to a server somewhere with it's IP address etc. Then from my home I run a program which collects the details and routes back to the target - a passwords later and away we go!

Of course this needs to be simple enough that I can talk my dad through loading the software himself, so no command lines - it's got to be idiot proof! Very Happy

This would encourage me to load linux on more machines, as remote support is way way easier than sitting there with the user "helping"

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10

Thanks

Phill

nelz · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:10 pm Post subject:

You can use dyndns.org to give a fixed hostname to a dynamic IP address. Much of what you ask is covered in LXF129.
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LeeNukes · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject:

You can also wait a while until I get Totally Remote developed. Wink

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phill · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the swift answers guys, LXF129 sounds great, I'll make sure I read it in detail, also totally remote could well be even easier Very Happy

Phill

Ram · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject:

nelz · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:32 pm Post subject:

I'm referring to something appearing in LXF129.
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Weatherlawyer · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:27 am Post subject:

ollie · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:46 am Post subject:

nelz · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject:

That's not it either Wink

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ollie · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:03 am Post subject:

OK, The Big Question, page 108 Remote Access using VNC Rolling Eyes

nelz · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:45 am Post subject:

Now if you'd started reading the magazine for the back you'd have got there much sooner Razz

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ollie · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:58 am Post subject:

It's "Downunder!" not back-to-front Razz

wyliecoyoteuk · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject:

How about Hamachi for linux?
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ollie · Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:12 am Post subject: