Zabbix – “is the ultimate open source availability and performance monitoring solution. Zabbix offers advanced monitoring, alerting, and visualization features today which are missing in other monitoring systems, even some of the best commercial ones.” Here we have used it for all of my clients’ offices. Zabbix - the network cybercop 28 November 2012 network
First, download the code: cd /tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static mkdir /usr/share/skype tar jxvf skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2 cd skype_static-2.1.0.81/ less README cp skype /usr/bin/skype cp -r avatars/* /usr/share/skype/ cp -r lang/* /usr/share/ Installation Skype on CentOS 5.5 16 July 2010 im
/* Installing NX / FreeNX on the server */ yum install nx freenx /* Copy a minimal configuration file for nxserver */ cd /etc/nxserver ; cp node.conf.sample node.conf /* Edit /etc/nxserver/node.conf and change as follows: */ SSHD_PORT=2222 /* Adjust the SSH port if changed */ DISPLAY_BASE=1003 /* Adjust the display FreeNX for CentOS 22 June 2010 FreeNX
Enable SSH access Use the console terminal, remove file ”/etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run” and edit sshd_config to your needs. Set ssh server port to something other than 22 for more security. Or, follow this wiki article for latest information: http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Enable_ Untangle - Enable SSH access with different port 22 June 2010 network
Synergy — ”lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It’s intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).” Here are Synergy - KVM Switch without Video 13 July 2009 network
This the another part of the story, secure VNC connection over MS windows environment. Here are the steps: Step 1 Get the following softwares VNC viewer (ver 4.1.3) or any kind of vnc viewer such as tightvnc Putty (ver 0.60) Step 2 Install the above softwares, run VNC Over SSH - the MS windows one 12 November 2008 network
To follow up my previous post, here are some simple steps for VNC connection over the SSH tunnel within the Linux environment. Assuming your vnc server and ssh server are resided at the same machine, the server named gl818.net you want to have the connection. You need two xterms VNC over SSH - the linux one 11 November 2008 network
Here are some good remote admin tools. The main point for setting up this only few resources is required, especially when your server has little RAM on it. I still remember when I used this kind of setting, it is right back to the year of 2000. For example, I Remote Network Administration with VNC Server 11 November 2008 icewm