Re: How to tell if tightVNC client is installed on a linux machine?

Hello again Fran,

This thought came to mind but I failed to ask... When you Putty to the Linux machine WHERE ARE YOU AT? Are you at the "office" where the Linux machine is located and on the local area network? or are you "at home" and connecting over the Internet? If the answer is the second case that raises some SERIOUS security concerns.

Ken

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On Friday, June 19, 2020 7:44 PM, Fran_3 via VNC-Tight-list <[email protected]> wrote:

> Trying to log on to a Ubuntu Linux server using PuTTY and find out if TightVNC client is is installed on the linux box.
>
> The linux box is on a small peer-to-peer network with a couple of Win-10 PC's.
>
> The Win-10 PC's have TightVNC server on them and we normally access them remotely through the Linux box by using a Win10 laptop with MobaXterm setup on it.
>
> Guy who set this up is gone.
>
> I want to skip MobaXterm and use PuTTY to log on to the Linux box.
>
> I can in fact log on to the Linux server using PuTTY on the off site laptop... but what to do next is the basis for the 4 questions that follow...
>
> First Question:
> As I understand it...
> - the Win10 PC we want to access is running VNC server
> - the other PC is running VNC client... right?
>
> Second Question:
> In this case would the Linux box be running the VNC client or would I need VNC client on the laptop at my off site location?
>
> Third Question:
> As I can now log on to the Linux command line using PuTTY... is there a command I can run to see if the Linux box has the VNC client on it?
>
> Fourth Question:
> If the Linux Box is running VNC client, what command line instruction would I give it to launch the VNC client interface so that I can instruct it to connect to the VNC server on PC-1 on the local network?
>
> Remember, I'm remote using a Win10 laptop and connecting via PuTTY to the Linux Server which is on the same local network with the 2 PC's each of which has the VNC software on them.
>
> I'm new to all this so thanks for your patience and assistance.
>
> Fran

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