Recommendation for VNC for shell users

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by lfloyd » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:28 pm
VNC (virtual network computing) is a graphical desktop sharing system that allows users to access their accounts as if they were sitting at a console connected directly to the computer/server. I have used VNC to connect to a Unix-type server and use the X Windows System (X). I would like to see Sonic.net provide this type of connectivity to Sonic.net users who have shell accounts. Any chance this might happen?

Thanks!
by kgc » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:40 pm
In a word, no.

Remote X services would be substantially more resource intensive.

;)
Kelsey Cummings
System Architect, Sonic.net, Inc.
by Guest » Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:39 pm
How about setting up crafty Samba shares that folks can mount remotely?
by kgc » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:16 am
We've been talking about this actually - I'm not sure if Samba is flexible enough (and secure) to do what we'd need it to do but we should be able to support webdav.
Kelsey Cummings
System Architect, Sonic.net, Inc.
by ankh » Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:19 am
Cautionary note:

Kaspersky Finds 37 Security Holes in VNC Remote Desktop Software |
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/11/23/0330259
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