Difference between revisions of "Control a computer over the network"

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! [[program]] !! mean !! browser enabled !! CLI only access possible  
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! [[program]] !! mean !! browser enablement possible !! CLI only access possible  
 
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| [[ssh]] (successor of telnet and rsh) || issue commands to a remote computer || no || yes  
 
| [[ssh]] (successor of telnet and rsh) || issue commands to a remote computer || no || yes  
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| [[shell in a box]], [[ajaxterm]]  || issue commands to a remote computer via a browser, also over the borders of a typical corporate network || yes || no
 
| [[shell in a box]], [[ajaxterm]]  || issue commands to a remote computer via a browser, also over the borders of a typical corporate network || yes || no
 
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| [[xdmcp]], [[vnc]] || get a graphical login to a desktop || no || no
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| [[xdmcp]] || get a graphical login to a desktop || no || no
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| [[vnc]] || get a graphical desktop on a remote computer, sharable with other users || yes || no
 
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| [[x11vnc]] || take over a graphical session that has been started out of vnc || no || no  
 
| [[x11vnc]] || take over a graphical session that has been started out of vnc || no || no  

Revision as of 12:16, 26 June 2011

There are so many means how you can take control over a Linux computer:

program mean browser enablement possible CLI only access possible
ssh (successor of telnet and rsh) issue commands to a remote computer no yes
shell in a box, ajaxterm issue commands to a remote computer via a browser, also over the borders of a typical corporate network yes no
xdmcp get a graphical login to a desktop no no
vnc get a graphical desktop on a remote computer, sharable with other users yes no
x11vnc take over a graphical session that has been started out of vnc no no
nx get a low-latency graphical login to a desktop no no
webex take over a graphical session using a browser yes no

Testing: guacamole