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06-21-2006 #1
Best method to connect to a solaris terminal
I just wanted to know what is the most secure way to connect to a solaris computer. I know this is a Unix question and should not be asked here, but I could not find a better place to ask.
Thanks in advance.
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06-22-2006 #2
My favorite secure ways of connecting to any other system are secure shell (SSH) and TightVNC, both of which are probably in most Linux distributions. SSH gives you a shell prompt and TightVNC gives you a graphical desktop.
But you may not even need the desktop, because if SSH is configured with "X11Forwarding yes", you can start a graphical application on the remote command line and the graphical program will pop up on your local X server (the Linux machine you are sitting at).
I don't use Solaris, but I use these tools to connect to GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Cygwin/Windows, so I'm confident they are great for Solaris too.
Oh, let me add OpenVPN too.
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06-22-2006 #3
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Hi, apoorv_khurasia.
I do connect to Solaris and I use ssh ... cheers, drlWelcome - get the most out of the forum by reading forum basics and guidelines: click here.
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06-22-2006 #4
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Download and use Putty - works like a charm.
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06-22-2006 #5
Originally Posted by gtmtnbiker98
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06-22-2006 #6
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Hi, gtmtnbiker98.
Although apoorv_khurasia didn't say from what platform he was connecting, I assumed from a Linux box to Solaris. I've used putty on Windows, but I didn't know it was available for Linux.
Is it? If so, what do you find compelling about putty that would cause you to choose it over ssh in a terminal window on *nix? ... cheers, drlWelcome - get the most out of the forum by reading forum basics and guidelines: click here.
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06-23-2006 #7
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Nothing compelling - I assumed that he was connecting from a Windows box. As for connecting from a *nix box, CLI using ssh serveripaddress is the best method. To the best of my knowledge, PuTTY is a Windows application. Heck, I even have Pocket PuTTY installed on my Windows Mobile PDA while out of the office connection.
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06-24-2006 #8
Putty also comes for Linux, although there is no real point of that, but yes it does come and is exactly similar to Windows one.