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Launch X11vnc server on Ubuntu remote desktop through SSH

I have a Windows computer and I am currently connected to a Ubuntu 12.04 system through SSH using CRT on my Windows computer. I would like to know the commands that I need to run from my SSH session ...
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Is it possible to redirect X of an ssh session to the display of a connected vncviewer

I have a setup of three machines. Machine A runs a vncserver and an ssh server, Machine B runs a vncviewer, Machine C runs an ssh client. The vncviewer on B connects to the vnc server on A. The ...
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Headless Debian Server + Windows Clients + X11 Forwarding

I have a headless debian server that I SSH into regularly. I want to know set it up so that users can ssh in and then run something like iceweasel, and a window will popup on their machine which is ...
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using SSH to connect to remote CentOS 5.6 server where Firefox running on server is very slow [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to speed up X over SSH on a slow network connection? I've installed firefox on CentOS 5.6 and I'm using X11 SSH to remotely login to view the browser. Firefox ...
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Configuring a vncserver so it's only accessible from my ssh tunnel

Since I use vnc through an ssh tunnel, is there any way I can block the open vnc port that the remote machine is listening on without it affecting my ability to use the ssh tunnel? Both machines are ...
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I'm moving up from managed hosting to a VPS, what do I need to know?

I'll be starting to use a VPS for my web hosting this week, which is a big step-up for me since I've only used managed/shared services before. I've a bit of experience with Linux before and I'm not ...
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vnc connection working with PuTTY but not with command line

I am using PuTTY to connect to a distant network to then set up x11vnc and then using ssl/sshvnc as a client. in the host name for PuTTY I have: ssh.inf.uk and port: 22 in the ssh tunnel options I ...
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vnc over ssh port assignment

At the office I have on the servers a vnc server running. In Windows I use putty to connect to the server, I log in and then use realvnc to see the desktop. But I cannot get this to work on Linux. I ...
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Differences between VNC and ssh -X

Why would you use VNC (or for that matter NX) instead of just using ssh -X (-Y). I read that VNC uses less bandwidth, but is there any other differences/advantages with respective tool?