[mythtv-users] On the finer points of VNC & SSH tunneling

[greg pryzby]

nomachine (freenx) allow this out of the box.

Pete Cap wrote:
> List,
> 
> This is a topic I asked about on the MythDora forums as well (so far, no 
> takers)...
> 
> I have a combined MythTV frontend/backend sitting next to my TV in the 
> living room.  I have successfully set up and accessed vncserver and I 
> have ssh'd into the box both locally and over the internet (so 
> port-forwarding on my router is a go).
> 
> What I want to do is connect in to vncserver over a secure tunnel.  All 
> of the instructions I have seen so far require you to connect in via SSH 
> first, and then start VNC.
> 
> Here are my questions:
> 
> 1. Is there any way to do this transparently using any particular VNC 
> client? All the instructions I have seen require you to start your 
> secure shell session, then connect to vncserver. Can I reduce this to 
> one "automagic" step?
> 
> 
> 2. Do I need to change any of my port forwarding rules on the router? 
> Right now tcp/22 on the router is forwarded to tcp/22 on the Myth box.
> 
> 
> 3. What changes might I need to make to my vncserver or sshd configs?
> 
> 
> 4. Currently, when I connect to vncserver (using TightVNC in Windows XP) 
> MythFrontent starts automatically, I assume because that's the behavior 
> set up for the "mythtv" user. How can I change this behavior? When I vnc 
> in under a different user, I only want to get a standard desktop (gnome 
> or something).
> 
> 
> If anyone has any advice or pointers then I'm all ears :)
> 
> Vr/
> Pete
> 
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