Ubuntu Openbox LTS Server

[Hozza]

Hi i have a Ubuntu 8.04 LAMP server
running XDM and Openbox GUI,

can i set up a remote desktop connection to it so that i can access it form any computer (with a password)???

[Hozza]

:bump: anyone???

[freerkkalsbeek]

That's not so difficult, the question is: What kind of access do you need.
For console access:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server and then connect from any client using ssh user@hostname

For X application : ssh -X user@hostname

If you want full desktop access: install freenx-server on the server and the NoMachine client on the client

Client can be obtained at: http://www.nomachine.com
For freenx-server use repo: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu intrepid main

Freerk

[Hozza]

ah ok (i will use that), but i was looking for a GUI access, what then?

[Hozza]

:bump: anyone?

[hrod beraht]

ah ok (i will use that), but i was looking for a GUI access, what then?

GUI access on a server? Off the top of my head, I honestly can't think of anything I do in maintaining my servers where a GUI would actually be helpful.

Maybe we're approaching this from the wrong direction. What exactly is it you want to do on your server? Or is your question more along the lines of "what does it take to administer a server?"

Bob