Re: Two-hop ssh & vnc?

Hmm...interesting :-) Not so sure on whether I should daemonize
x11vnc...but the second alternative could be workable...thanks!

On Feb 5, 10:43 am, Dean <canada...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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