darkzar99 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Does anyone know of some software that lets you view other people's computer from yours on the network, providing that they install this software also? It needs to be compatible with BOTH linux and windows. It would be best if it were open source, or just freeware. Some software I have found would be NetSupport but you have to buy that and I need free. If anyone knows please post. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 VNC. There are lots of flavours about, alot open-source and cross platform for client and server. Google around. Hak5 have done some segments on securing VNC connections as well with SSH tunneling. Some that excist are TightVNC, RealVNC as well as many others. I don't really use one so can't recommend any in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 If its windows pro to windows pro, i like to use MS remote desktop or MSTSC, works better than a VNC but doesn't work out the box with linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 ok thanks, i really dont think it needs to be extremely secure, it will just be on the local network, but does anyone have any suggestions for which is the best one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Personally I like UltraVNC, quick and simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stingwray Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 That was covered by Hak5. Its called fastpush if I remember rightly (or at least one program that does it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 My recommendation is Remote Administrator from radmin.com It does cost, but its got a small network footprint and works great. Ive been using it for at least 5 years and am loving it. Down side is it's for windows only. However if you are looking for free multi-platform i'd have to suggest ultraVNC or tightVNC. For Mac OS, they have a VNC server built in, you just have to enable it in the sharing preferences. -Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 ok well i dont think/i cant find ultravnc for linux, so i will have to use TightVNC, so wish me luck on installing it, cuz i totally suck at installing software on linux, rarely can i get it to work, even after hours of googling :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 tightVNC is ok, and I think you can secure it with SSH (in one of the episodes) *might be real VNC, not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 ok well i dont think/i cant find ultravnc for linux, so i will have to use TightVNC, so wish me luck on installing it, cuz i totally suck at installing software on linux, rarely can i get it to work, even after hours of googling :) Its a source only instalation, unless you linux distro has a premade package for VNC you'll need to compile it. I've looked at tightVNC, and that has RPM (redhat, CentOS) packages and source only releases. So again, if your using linux you'll most likely need to install from source whatever your using. http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 yes i know i will have to install from source, i tried that with tightvnc but i have no clue what i am doing, everything in teh documentation didnt work, i also used alien to convert the rpm to deb and then i was able to install it but i got a bunch of errors when i ran vncserver, so i guess i will nto be making the switch to linux on my main pc for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 ubuntu has one built in... :-) where do you get stuck in particular? might be able to work it out from there. if your just wanting some kinda remote admin, have you looked at webmin or plain old SSH? I tried using gui's on headless remote *nix boxes but tbh with you, i just SSH in now, much faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 whats the one built into ubuntu, at the documentation at tightvnc.com (http://www.tightvnc.com/doc/unix/README.txt) I get stuck at the beginning, with the command xmkmf, i get this error: imake -DUseInstalled -I/etc/X11/config/cfsh: gcc: command not found edit: never mind, i found it, and i got my windows machine to connect to it, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#Remote_Desktop Should help you set it up, basically its the top menu bar thingy, system -> preferences -> remote desktop. You'll need to setup static IP's etc but it should work ok for you. Looking at the tightVNC read me... i don't have a clue what it means either, i'm using freeBSD atm and software installs seem to be a case of "make install clean" or "pkg_add -r XXX", then "rehash", and it works. edit: cool! no worries mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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