I use vnc to connect to fedora desktop when I'm away from my desk. However, it works only if my account is logged in. Is it possible to access my desktop when my account is not logged in?
You can login via ssh and start a vncserver manually.
ssh hostname
vncserver
then attach to it via 'vncviewer -via user@hostname localhost:1'
There are a few disadvantages to this setup, mostly in that consolekit and other things don't consider such a vnc session to be 'local' so you can't do things with local devices. It may however meet your needs.
Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks. Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistant user interface. Currently RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP and SSH are supported.
Remmina is released in separated source packages:
remmina-plugins-nx : NX plugin for Remmina
remmina-plugins-rdp : RDP plugin for Remmina
remmina-plugins-telepathy : Telepathy plugin for Remmina
remmina-plugins-vnc : VNC plugin for Remmina
remmina-plugins-xdmcp : XDMCP plugin
Remmina is free and open-source software, released under GNU GPL license.
Asked: 2011-10-05 02:48:47 -0600
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Last updated: Nov 14 '11
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