Working with files, programs, etc., that are stored on a different machine
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Splitting display among computers
If i have 17 system units (computers with monitors) that connected using network, is it possible to display image or video splitted into those computers without having split it manually?
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How to control desktop applications over SSH
Assuming that the wife is right now using our desktop Kubuntu machine, probably surfing the web in Firefox or using Digikam. After logging into the machine via SSH, what can I do to 'pop up' little ...
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How do I set time and date from the Internet?
How do I retrieve the date from the Internet and set my computer's clock, from the command line?
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Playing a remote movie on the remote computer
I have two computers (a desktop and a laptop) running linux connected to my local area network. I like to ssh from my laptop over to my desktop and run programs there, and sometimes listen to music on ...
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Resolving an alias to a remote server
I have what I think is called an IP alias, which is used to access a Windows file server from a Unix server. The path on Unix looks something like:
/folder/file.txt
which is somehow resolved as:
...
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ssh will sporadically hang temporarily on fast connection
I am using Ubuntu 13.04 on my laptop, connected to my router at home. When working from home, I will ssh into the servers on campus, through a vpn, with X11 forwarding.
ssh -X ...
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2answers
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Remote backup of local server applying Rsnapshot
I have a server which uses Rsnapshot to take snapshots of folders in miscellaneous computers within a Lan.
I would like to have another server located remotely that is to serve as a backup to this ...
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Burn remote data on to a disc
I have an ISO image in another system which I need to burn on my system. I can copy that image to my system using SCP and then do burning. But I would like to know, whether I can directly burn the ...
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SSH remote command execution: get output before execution ends [duplicate]
Consider the following simple C program test.c:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
printf("foo\n");
sleep(5);
printf("bar\n");
return 0;
}
The program prints ...
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uploading from Netbeans to remote CentOS server failed
I have a php web application on Netbeans on my Ubuntu , and server is CentOS on a virtualBox .
Suddenly uploading to server stopped and I'm getting these errors for non-root user :
Failed:
file ...
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1answer
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Why ssh -nq -t can't see my environment variable?
I am executing a command on remote machine with -t flag ( to prevent the command from 'blocking' ) the prompt (somehow it works that way). So I am using ssh -nq -t root@ip but with this, the script ...
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I'm able to remotely ssh into Cygwin on XP, but it warns “Could not chdir to home directory” and my /bin is almost empty
I've made a firewall exception, opened ports 22 through 443 to the correct internal IP (I think), and am able to log in using my external IP, but it's like I have very limited view access to almost ...
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Access X-window and sound on laptop on another Unix
I read up a lot about forwarding x-server onto remote machines, but I feel like I'm too dumb to get it to work. Let me first explain my goal:
I have a Rasberry Pi running archarm hooked up to a TV. ...
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Mount HTTP Server As File System
I have a machine on which I wish to mount multiple remote servers to access them all centrally. For remote Linux based systems I am using SSHFS which works fine. But for Windows systems, or systems ...
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2answers
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bash shell - ssh remote script capture output and exit code?
I wish to use shell to invoke a script on a remote server.
I would like to capture the output of that script (its logging messages) and the exit code it returns.
If I do this:
ssh user@server ...
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1answer
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Is there anyway to run gnome desktop via a remote x window ssh tunnel?
I'd like to run the DE remotely in a window of it's own on my local workstation. When I tried the naive gnome-session from an x-window tunnel it tried to takeover my local xfce desktop, got as far as ...
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Best way to mount remote folder
I have two RasberryPi running debian wheezy and I would like to mount a folder from computer A on computer B.
What is the best (as in most efficient) way to do this?
I can do it via SMB, but that is ...
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Executing a shell script from remote server on local machine
Imagine a shell script on the remote server as
#!/bin/bash
rm /test.x
How can I (if possible) to execute this script from my local machine to delete /test.x file on my local machine. Obviously, the ...
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2answers
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Download copy of file which updates on change
Sorry about the title, I didn't know how to write it - It's kind of confusing.
Ok, I am using my Raspberry Pi (Debian) and I store code on this server in which people have access to. My problem at ...
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1answer
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What is a remote config server?
I found myself enabling one of my computer on LAN to connect to a server through port 1236. A check on the list of services show:
bvcontrol 1236/tcp rmtcfg # Daniel J. Walsh, Gracilis Packeten remote ...
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3answers
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Run local scripts on multiple servers using sudo user through a script
I have about 100 remote servers. I want to manage all my servers using one terminal server to update , run commands with sudo privileges.
I need to have one main script that takes another test script ...
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1answer
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permission denied executing script over ssh
When a web page is loaded on server A i want it to run a script on server B. I can do this with a series of commands from server A by logging into server B and executing the script, but it needs to be ...
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Closing connection after executing reboot using ssh command
I am using the reboot -f command remotely to force reboot a Unix machine.
The problem is that the connection remains active for a long time which i don't know why?
I want to close the ssh connection ...
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How can I remotely access linux servers
I have a couple of servers that I need to remotely monitor. Is there anyway that I can do that? Should I use vncviewer, ssh, or what?
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How can I securely login remotely to my Linux box over the internet?
I'm pretty much a Linux beginner, but this question has been on my mind. What's the simplest, most secure way to connect to my computer at home from work or from the library, &c? I'm running Mint ...
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Can SSH-Agent work from a remote bash script?
Server A needs to connect over svn+ssh to Server B to grab some source files for deploying on Server A. My deployment script runs from my local dev machine via:
ssh serverA 'bash -s' < deploy.sh
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2answers
239 views
Printing a file from local computer using printer connected to remote server
On the remote server, I use lp command to print documents. I can connect to this server through SSH.
How can I print a file directly from my local computer using that printer?
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4answers
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How to restore data atomically on a remote server?
I want to be able to backup and restore my home directory of a remote account.
The command I use are:
Backup
ssh myuser@myuser.server.com "tar jcf - ." > backup.tar.bz2
Restore
cat ...
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2answers
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How to automatically mount remote directories on login / startup
Everytime I boot, I use sshfs to mount remote directories. I am thinking to put these short commands in my .bashrc, but that does not seem to be The Right Way™.
What is the proper way to run sshfs on ...
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1answer
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How to disable remote access on a linux distribution?
So I've read in Mark Sobell's book on Linux, that Linux by default is open to remote administration. Now seen as I'm running a Fedora 17, on a laptop I never have to administrate anything on remotely, ...
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Can I start my main desktop graphical session remotely?
So my workstation at work got rebooted and I'm currently not logged in physically there with a graphical session. I have ssh access to it, and I can start a new X windows session and use my graphical ...
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How to set up “poor man's” Linux desktop cluster?
There are several small Linux/Android devices on the market with 1 GHz ARM processor, 512 MByte RAM and cca. 4 Gbyte storage for $35-$40. If I buy 5 pcs, it's only around $200.
Let's say, we have ...
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rsync list of files in sub-directories to remote server and delete extraneous
I haven't been able to find the answer to this one. I have tried all kinds of combinations of --include, --exclude, -r, --delete-excluded, and source directory.
This is what I'm trying to accomplish:
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Set window manager's meta key depending on connected Xserver
Situation
A linux server is running an xdm supporting XDMCP, it is connected to from various different Linux and OS X boxes using XDMCP via an X -query <server> command.
Once the user is ...
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2answers
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How to securely export a device (HDD)?
So I have a Scientific Linux 6.3 (RHEL clone so basically the question is Redhat related) machine called "B" (with an extra "A" HDD besides the system HDD) and a notebook with SL 6.3. They are in a ...
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remote desktop view of a Debian Lenny Machine
Let me give a summary of my project specification. I have a windows server and bunch of debian clients on the same LAN, Debian machines do not have x window system, they are bound to command line use. ...
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Safety of SMB versus SFTP
I have a server with OpenSSH enabled. I use it to make distant backups. I mainly use rsync over SSH and SFTP. I understood that these protocols are quite safe.
I am interested in enabling Samba share ...
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SSH login to remote machine from another remote machine - How to manage connections?
Due to some security policy I had to ssh into a remote machine using another remote machine to which I ssh-ed. Here is the situation. I have access to BSD box at work and the access is only available ...
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Send a command from the console to a running X server
Is it possible to send a command from the console, say tty1, to the terminal currently occupied with X (in my case tty7 as I use Debian), to tell for example mplayer to play a movie?
Edit - made a ...
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creating a device image for a network location
I have a dedicated ubuntu server with hetzner.de. hetzner also provides a seperate backup space accessible via samba/ftp/sftp/scp.
In their support document about backups, the following line is ...
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How can I connect to a remote X server _without_ ssh?
I am very happy with ssh -X when I'm connecting to my machine over internet. But at home, I want to connect with my notebook to my desktop machine without ssh. What's the best way of doing this? (Both ...
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How to display xclock on another computer?
I want to display xclock on another computer.
On my computer (111) I am able to ping the other computer (222) inside my home network:
$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
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How can I set up SSH on Linux to log in password-less?
My Raspberry Pi is running the default Debian image and has SSH enabled. I log into my Pi as follows:
ssh pi@<IP-address-of-my-Pi>
I have to enter my password every time. Can I somehow make ...
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3answers
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How can I share a desktop / log in graphically for an Ubuntu that I have ssh but not console access to?
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/share-your-ubuntu-desktop-using-remote-desktop.html tells how to share a desktop by setting multiple features from within a GUI.
Is there such a HOWTO that is based on ssh ...
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2answers
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Two-step remote ssh without password
I'm looking to ssh from my localhost to a remote server, and from there to a remote computer. I currently have it set up so that the remote computer and remote server have passwordless ssh-ing set up ...
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Cannot connect to my Virtual Box Ubuntu system
I have a VirtualBox running an Ubuntu OS. I'd like to access this Ubuntu machine using ssh or telnet. In order to do that I've performed the following steps:
sudo apt-get install telnetd
sudo ...
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Get ssh to forward signals
I want to be able to send signals (SIGINT is the most important) through ssh.
This command:
ssh server "sleep 1000;echo f" > foo
will start sleep on server and after 1000 seconds it will put ...
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1answer
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Network Copy File With Low Overhead
We're trying to find a system to keep a pair of servers in sync, and I've looked at a million solutions. I came across incron, which seems like it would be perfect. Now, I just need a low overhead way ...
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1answer
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Error mounting dir from ext4 file system
I am trying to mount a directory on a ext4 type file system onto another linux box. Both boxes are on the same network
[root@localhost]# mount -o rw x.y.z.w:/home/lab /devbox
mount: wrong fs type, ...
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How to run xrestop remotely?
I need to run xrestop on a remote machine. When I connect through ssh and run xrestop I get the results for my local machine.
I see that there is an option -display but I don't know how to use it.
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