HOW TO do Remote Access to Computers

There are several commands to do remote access to computers.

Telnet - The least secure, unencrypted.

SSH - Secure Shell

Putty - SSH emulator for Windows.

VNC and RDP will be discussed in more detail below.

VNC
Virtual Network Computing. You have to use the vnc viewer to emulate a workstation display over a remote login connection.

The local machine will run the vnc server
vncserver is used to start a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) desktop. vncserver is a Perl script which simplifies the process of starting an Xvnc server.

The remote computer will run vnc viewer
At the pop up the command is issued, local ip: channel ID

Launching vncviewer
This is a good summary of using vnc from the real authors.

To close the vnc window
usage: service vncserver stop

To port the display over
setenv DISPLAY server2:1.0
setenv DISPLAY localhost:1.0

RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol. More to follow!