Re: Two-hop ssh & vnc?

x11vnc can be effectively daemonized (at least in RedHat) via the
instructions here: http://www.ittidbits.com/blog/?p=121. Unless
you're concerned about having a VNC client running all the time (and
transmitting in the clear on your private network), you could then
simply specify your machine's IP and VNC port in the SSH tunneled
information and be able to log right in using iSSH.

Another alternative is having a script on the initial ssh host that
executes the commands on the remote machine on connect. You could
then specify the running of that script in the "command" option of the
VNC connection. It may not be as reliable as having x11vnc
daemonized, but certainly more secure. Hope this helps!

Dean

On Feb 5, 8:34 am, BarkyTheDog <p...@netcom.com> wrote:
> OK, so the answer to this probably is "you can only do this on a
> jailbroken iphone"...but I'll give it a go anyway...
>
> I have a Mac at home and a Linux box at work. To get vnc access, I do
> this:
>
>     ssh -A -C -L 5901:localhost:7777 mylogin@my_companys_firewall.com
>
> and then once there I hop to my Linux box and crank up x11vnc
>
>    ssh -A -L 7777:<etc, etc>
>   x11vnc -display :0 -auth <etc, etc>
>
> Then on my Mac I run ChickenOfTheVnc, and all is happy.
>
> Any idea if iSSH/iX11 can be used to accomplish something like this
> (from my iPod touch, obviously :-)
>
> Thanks!

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