Servers :: Install - Access It Remotely Via Ubuntu Desktop Environment Instead Of SSH Command Line?
Aug 5, 2011
Is there any way to install a Ubuntu server and access the server remotely via a Ubuntu desktop environment instead of a SSH command line?
I will be installing a Ubuntu server in an office where the office manager will need to be able to do simple things like add/remove users, access filesystems, etc. She can handle these tasks in Ubuntu desktop/GUI, but it is impractical for her to have to learn how to use the CLI terminal to do this stuff.
Will I have to install desktop Ubuntu on the server to do this, or can I install Ubuntu server version and setup another computer Ubuntu desktop to remotely login graphically?
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Mar 14, 2010
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Jun 13, 2011
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The problem is that my hardware really doesn't support the current desktop environmet, I can't get the windows to appear, I just get black rectangles in the middle of the screen instead, so the GUI is inaccessable.
I am looking for instructions on changing the desktop environment from a command line (which I can boot to).
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May 12, 2010
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I got over it by stopping gdm (/etc/init.d/gdm stop) and removing gdm and installing xdm. Anyway, what is the proper way? How to order desktop environment from CLI and/or where is the default desktop environment option written in a file?
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127.0.0.1 - - [08/Mar/2011:18:26:38 -0500] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 500 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Ubuntu/10.10 (maverick) Firefox/3.6.15" .....
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Feb 21, 2010
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I would like to be able to connect using Windows Remote Desktop or VNC (whichever is easier and most importantly - most secure) to the machine.. even though the desktop is on there, I need to somehow configure the remote access all from the command line.I've had a read of various forums and have been trawling support forums for days but can't find a working solution for 9.10 Server or that fits my situation above where I will not have any physical access to the desktop or machine to configure remote desktop. It all has to be done via SSH/command line.
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Nov 20, 2010
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Dec 1, 2010
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Feb 3, 2011
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Jan 3, 2011
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Feb 18, 2010
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shopt -s nullglob
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Apr 18, 2010
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1. If I had two separate instances of Ubuntu on two separate partitions, and I was currently booted into one of them, would it be possible to tell the Ubuntu server to reboot and boot into the other instance of Ubuntu on the other partition over SSH? (SSH is the only form of access I will have to the server)
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Aug 18, 2010
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Mar 27, 2010
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May 25, 2010
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May 6, 2010
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Oct 26, 2010
I am an entrepreneur/design engineer so I do a lot modeling, rendering, etc and lot of my programs can only run in Windows. I have a fully licensed version of XP that I want to install on the computer and wondering if it is possible to do the following: Partition a portion of the drive for XP. (VMware isn't the greatest as you lose your 3D acceleration, so I definitely want to do the partition) Install my programs and ensure they run. Use the machine as a virtual desktop remotely?
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Jan 9, 2011
I've got a problem about how to map or mount the whole developing environment remotely?
For example,There is a server A (CentOS) which I have got a normal user name and password but no root control.And my desktop B (Opensuse) which I've got the root authority.Normally, when I do some software developing, I use SSH to login to A. All the developing environment are installed on A, e.g. libraries, PATH, makefile, etc.However, there is a waste of my machine B, because all the test, debugging are performed on A.
I know that sshfs can map a path to local remotely. May I ask if there is a method to map or mount the whole working environment from A to B please?
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Jan 9, 2011
I've got a problem about how to map or mount the whole developing environment remotely?
For example,
There is a server A (CentOS) which I have got a normal user name and password but no root control.
And my desktop B (Opensuse) which I've got the root authority.
Normally, when I do some software developing, I use SSH to login to A. All the developing environment are installed on A, e.g. libraries, PATH, makefile, etc.
However, there is a waste of my machine B, because all the test, debugging are performed on A.
I know that sshfs can map a path to local remotely. May I ask if there is a method to map or mount the whole working environment from A to B please?
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