Accessing or controlling a computer that you are not physically in front of.
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Access Private NIC Through Public NIC
I am totally stumped. I have tried playing with the routing table but no luck.
I am using Windows 7.
I have a computer (#1) with two NICs (A and B). A is a wireless interface that connects to a WiFi ...
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Audio stream from secondary computer
What is the simplest/best way to get the audio from my desktop to output on my laptop?
I have two computers at work, a laptop and a desktop.
While I'm at work I have to use both machines ...
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Remote computer management
I need to be able to access a bunch of desktops/laptops on a company network for remote management like being able to push updates, fix issues, offer support all on a 24/7 basis.
Are there ways to ...
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Is it possible to make VNC Viewer send keystrokes regardless of whether mouse pointer is within its window?
By default, VNC Viewer (I think it's Tiger VNC; whatever comes by default on Fedora) doesn't send key presses to the remote server if your mouse pointer is not within its window. This is annoying if ...
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XP: how to know whether someone 'woke up' computer?
I have been trying to connect all day via Teamviewer to a machine in a different town. Now it suddenly works. I think someone there may have walked by and moved the mouse to wake it up.
What logs ...
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Access local hostname when connected to remote host
I connect from machine A to machine B. In machine B, I'd like to print A's hostname in bash's command prompt.
I tried to get this using who -m and doing some cuting, put output differs between ...
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remote access to linux server from windows
I have a very basic beginner question that I didn't see an answer to. I am accessing a Linux server remotely from a Windows box, using SSH (Putty) and a database administration program.
I would ...
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Connecting to a remote Windows machine [closed]
I was given a remote machine address along with a username and password.
But I cannot connect via Remote Desktop, nor after pasting the address into the address bar of Explorer.
All I know about ...
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How I do run gnome app and let it run via SSH even after SSH closed?
I found that, exporting DISPLAY=:0.0 and starting a gnome app (xclock) would run on remote machine. The issue , when i log out of SSH, the xclock closes on the remote machine. I wanted it run there ...
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Monitor of a machine that I remote to turns off
I remote to my work machine but when I come back to work that machines monitor is off. Monitor power is on and machine is on. I have to reboot my PC. Why?
My work machine runs Windows7 64bit. My ...
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Airport Express configuration
We are trying to set up remote access to a computer that houses a server fro a particular program we are running. The program says we need to configure the office router.
In the firewall settings it ...
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Windows XP - Windows 7 remote assistance compatibility
I run Windows XP and my mother is getting a new PC with Windows 7. We go remote quite frequently using Windows Messenger Remote Assistance. Will we still be able to do this when she gets the new PC?
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SSHFS graceful degradation instead of freeze when connection is lost. Is it possible?
A third-party program will write files to a SSHFS mounted dir. If the internet connection is lost, the third-party program will likely crash (badly), because all programs trying to access such an ...
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NX keymaps all messed up in Gnome 3
Back in the days of Gnome 2, I was happily using NX (NoMachine, FreeNX, neatx) for an extremely low-latency and usable connection to several Linux boxes. Everything worked like a dream.
Then, Gnome 3 ...
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How would I configure a music server that allows remote management of files?
There are lots of music servers/solutions that take a media player, or an existing music library, and serve it to remote clients. Most of them are read-only: you manage the media files on the server ...
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Remote Access to Windows XP Registry using Different Credentials
I am trying to query a specific path in remote Windows XP Machines.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="$USERNAME$"
The problem I have is ...
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Suspicious activity on port 3389
Today I opened TCPView to see what was causing a lot of outbound network activity and could only identify svchost.exe on port 3389 (which i understand to be the port used by remote desktop).
I ended ...
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Can I set a custom resolution in TeamViewer 8? I need 1600x900, but closest I can get is 1600x1200
The description says it all. Can I set a custom resolution in TeamViewer 8? I need 1600x900, but closest I can get is 1600x1200. My computer is a Win8 while the computer I am connecting with is a ...
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Remotely managing Scheduled Tasks on another computer: Access Denied
I need to remotely create new scheduled tasks from a Windows 7 computer in my company (which according to this Microsoft TechNet article I should be able to do. ...
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Parental control identifies unknown users on my PC
I've been using for a while a comprehensive security product for my PC (Kaspersky pure): The parental control pane is now listing three new users that I did not create (it's a home computer and I'm ...
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Unable to remotely schedule tasks from the command line
I'm on a Windows 7 machine, attempting to use the command line to schedule a task on another Windows 7 machine in my company's network. I have administrative-level credentials for both computers. With ...
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Router behind router network setup
My relative has bought a router instead of a switch which causes remote-access control issues on his network.
His existing network has a 1st router where all PCs are connected via LAN cables. The 2nd ...
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Access multiple SSH-controllable boxes centrally
I have a few SSH boxes running on an ESXi Host, of which I would like to access from outside my normal home network.
Rather than port forwarding and pointing to all sorts of different VM's, is there ...
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Create a VPN Reflector to connect from laptop to home network via server in cloud
Is is possible to use a Windows Server 2008 r2 Datacenter edition server in the cloud to route a VPN connection from my laptop via the server so that I can connect to my computers at home without ...
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How to provide “reverse ssh” to a shell?
Scenario:
Many embedded devices (running Linux) out in the fields, behind routers so NAT'd and we can't make connections to them.
We need for a support person to be able to initiate a terminal/shell ...
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Can I increase the resolution of a remote connection to my netbook?
I have a Win XP netbook with a busted internal panel, and I'm planning to repurpose it as a home server of sorts. As a first step, I installed TeamViewer (amazing cross-platform client support!) ...
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scp No such file or directory
I've a confusing question for which superuser doesn't seem to have a good answer, and neither google.
I'm trying to scp a file from a remote server to my local machine. The command is this
scp ...
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How to access other pc if I don't have monitor and nothing preinstalled
I just bought a mini PC, and I don't have VGA cable for it. I connected it to the LAN network, and I can see the IP address and MAC address of this PC.
I think there is nothing pre-installed to ...
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Lightest Linux Desktop supporting Firefox/graphic browser [closed]
I am on Windows and I have a remote server with Ubuntu 10.10.
I want to use Firefox or other graphic browser on that remote server.
The problem is, the server's memory is only 512MB, so I can ...
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Setting up a VPN
I would like to do something like create "virtual LAN" over the internet.
The local machine is a computer connected to a LAN, which has about 10-15 peer-to-peer computers connected. Now I want to add ...
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Remote Desktop Connection Randomly Stopped Connecting to Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I have allowed remote desktop connections on my home machine:
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.
Fixed IPV4 set via LAN (in network adapter settings).
Router is set to forward port 3389 to my fixed IP ...
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Remote FTP functions - Is it possible to copy a folder over another remotely without SFTP/SSH access?
When developing wordpress, I often have a staging folder and a live folder on the remote server. When ready to go live, I often find myself needing to copy the wp-content folder over to the live ...
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Execute local script requiring arguments on Linux via plink
Is it possible to execute (from windows) a local script with arguments on a remote linux system?
Here's what I got:
plink 1.2.3.4 -l root -pw mypassword -m hello.sh
Is there a way to do this ...
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Free solutions for exporting a single window from one system to another in windows - the equivalent of x11 forwarding between windows systems
For various reasons, i need to forward a single window, as transparently as possible from one windows system to another.
Raw performance is not an issue, there should be a dedicated gig-e connection ...
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Which remote file managers for Windows don't require port forwarding?
You should be able to connect to the host computer easily and access all the harddisk, usb-sticks and network drives remotely, without needing to use port forwarding on the router (so no FTP). I do ...
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How to start/stop service on a remote computer with an out of sync clock
I'm working in a MS Windows Domain.
I'm trying to centrally (remotely) start and stop the W32Time service for a certain amount of time (to disable Time Server update e.g for two hours) then remotely ...
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Unable to connect my computer from LAN (http, smb) in UBUNTU 10.04
I installed ubuntu 10.04, Apache, PHP, mysql, smb. Everything work fine in locally in my IP. When i trying to access my computer from LAN (other computer), it shows unable to connect. when i ping my ...
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Is there any software that I can control our team member's screen (or web browser/PowerPoint)? [closed]
I'm a PM. I sometimes need to teach my team member something. So, I want a software that I can control the screen or a powerpoint presentation
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lock down vino icon remotely
On (rhel5/centos5)
Is there an easy way to either turn off the vino icon that appears at the bottom of the screen when someone connects, or leave it displayed but disable the ability to enter the vino ...
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ssh problem. Worked fine, installed Mac OS X 10.6.8 update, now doesn't work
Apologies if this is not the appropriate section for this question...
I'm a newbie as far as dealing with networking issues. Until last week, I had no problem using ssh to connect to my work Mac ...
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VM Host Windows VNC Client isn't finding VM Guest Linux VNC Server … why?
I have a Debian 6 guest (VirtualBox) sitting on a Windows XP host. In Debian I've configured tightvncserver. In Windows XP I've installed TightVNC client.
On Debian I do the following:
$ sudo ...
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Windows 7 asking for password when connecting to WIndows 2000 server
I have gone through all topics specified on Superuser. But none of the information I've found works for me.
My problem is when connecting to a Windows 2000 Server, a security window appears asking ...
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Cloning Hard Drives - Remotely
I have two servers, A and B.
I would like to clone server A to B. A is running Linux, and they are both remote, I don't have a physical access to them
What is the best way to approach this?
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Real time audio streaming
I have a remote computer running OS X. I would like to stream the audio from the microphone input over the network so I can listen to it. Primarily I want to do this because I'm out of the office but ...
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access an IP restricted service from a dynamic IP (Broadband modem) on a windows machine
I dont know if this is the correct place to ask this question but here goes ..
(please note that I am pretty much a newbie in terms of networking and I work primarily on the windows platform)
I ...
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Unable to Set Up Remote Access on Windows Home Server
When trying to turn on Remote Access on my Windows Home Server (HP MediaSmart Ex485, MediaSmart Server 3.0, Power Pack 3), I am not able to continue through the wizard as this first check fails:
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Rapidshare download manager accessible over network
Basically I am looking for a download manager, which I can run on my server to download rapidshare files, while also being able to access it over the network via a standalone client application or web ...
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Is there any JSP client to access/admin JDBC database?
I want a free JSP client to access/administrate my remote database through JDBC interface,
it should be phpmyadmin-like, and can run within tomcat/resin container, do I have some choices?
Lenik
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Is there any way to use a remote desktop connection to access the remote computers files via a share?
Is there any way to connect to a remote Windows server and its files via RDP but not graphically? I could use the connection to transfer files via the \\TSCLIENT networking mapping or by actually ...
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How to automatically remember the last path where I was? [*nix]
Is there any scripts or tools that can automatically remember and write down the path I am?
I asked because, when I was remote accessing my campus cluster via ssh last night, they will log me out ...
