run xfce remotely?

[pinglin]

I am running FreeBSD 7.2 (Xfce4 installed) on a remote machine. I can access this host via ssh only. How can I start using Xfce desktop on that machine? (probably xrdp or something like that needed?)

Thanks!

 

[wblock@]

net/x11vnc works. For security, it should probably be run over an SSH tunnel or a VPN.

 

[SirDice]

Use something like net/tightvnc. I've been playing around with net/xrdp but it doesn't work too good. Sessions seem to work a little weird and not how you would expect.

 

[pinglin]

Thank you for reply. What are the steps to do in order to get xfce running via tightvnc?
The only way I can access the machine(which doesn't run any desktop on startup) is ssh.

 

[SirDice]

What are the steps to do in order to get xfce running via tightvnc?

Installing tightvnc :e

The only way I can access the machine(which doesn't run any desktop on startup) is ssh.

No problem. VNC is easily tunneled over SSH. In fact, I recommend tunneling it over SSH anyway.