From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: 1stFlight <1stflight@ameritech.net> Subject: Re: The best way to remote administer a Linux server? Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 11:26:08 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3CB1B690.7DA05A63@ameritech.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Ola Theander Cc: "'linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org'" How about the best of both worlds? Take a look at this http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html it describes how to run VNC over SSH, albeit not the fastest way of doing things, it does provide security and maintain the use of a familiar GUI environment with a variety of clients. Darryl Ola Theander wrote: > Dear subscribers. > > I'm planning to host a server running Linux at a remote location, where I > will need to administer it remotely. The problem is that it will be a bit of > hassle to access the server physically, therefore I must find a solution > where I can minimize the need of physical access to the server. > > The server will host web pages, run a PostgreSQL database, Q-Mail and some > other stuff. I would like to be able to manage most (all) administrative > tasks remotely, like starting a backup, adding/modifying web pages and > performing database maintenance. All this must be in a secure way to prevent > unauthorized administration. > > My question is, what's the best way to configure this king of remote > administration? Is it using SSH or should I look at something like remote > desktop software such as VNC? > > Kind regards, Ola Theander > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- "Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time and fate but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield" Tennyson's "Ulysses" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs