[Wolves] Best way to remote manage a ubuntu system

[Andy Jewell]

Hi Parminder,

If you can't get Kris's suggestion to work,  you may still be able to get "Remote Desktop Viewer" working (VNC under the hood):

You need the following:

1) Get their IP address. Often this is their router, and if so, you'd need to port forward 5800, 5900, 5500 and/or 5801, 5901, 5501 on the router to their internal address.
2) They need to enable "Allow other users to view your desktop" in System>Preferences>Remote Desktop. Make sure you set a password.
3) You then use "Remote Desktop Viewer" to login to their machine. Don't forget to disable "Allow other users to view your desktop" on your way out, for security reasons.

I also believe that "Log Me In" can work with Linux machines, but have no experience with this.

Andy D'Arcy Jewell
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