Remote Login?

Browni

Browni

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Hi

My dad is trying to do a remote login using the Go> Conect to Server Comand in the finder. With no luck.

He is trying to conect to a SUN Unix worksation set up as a server. However he needs to get past a coprate firewall, using a CVC VPN tunnel, wicht he has conected to. In netscape he can look at all thigns on his coprate web. BUT what he wants to do is open a finder window, that shows the desktop on the SUN system. It does work in termal using Rlogin.

Is there away of doing this in the finder?

Browni

:confused:
 
Check out this link:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/NFSManager.html

Let us know if it works.


Or, if he likes the terminal, you can try the following (from http://web.mit.edu/is/help/macos/macosx/OSXfilesharing/#nfsTerminal)

"9. If NFSManager ends up not working for you, you may also use the Terminal to create a NFS mount. _First, go to the Applications folder, then Utilities, and open up the Terminal.

10. Type in mount -t nfs computername:/directorypath localmount where computername is the hostname or IP address of the computer you want to connect to, directorypath is _the directory path on the server, and localmount is the location where you want the nfs mount to show up in your file system. _localmount SHOULD NOT be a folder that is already on your computer, as it could cause you to lose what was in the file/folder at that location before.

11. For example, mount -t nfs anda.mit.edu:/development/macosx ~/programming will connect to the computer panda.mit.edu, go to the location /development/macosx on that computer, and place what is in that path at ~/programming. _Note that ~ is the home directory, so if I go to the home directory, I now see a folder called programming that was not previously there.

The contents of the programming folder are actually not stored on the local computer, but are instead on the NFS server. _On the server, they are located at /development/macosx
They need to be copied from that folder if you want them to stay on the local computer after disconnecting."
 
A remote login is something different, though. You'll need to download and install an X11 environment and look into its documentation on how to connect it to a remote host.

The 'Connect to' in the Finder is for adding server volumes (AppleShare, Windows SMB, FTP read-only).

I'm moving the thread to Mac OS X System & Software, for it's really a question about that.
 
thanks,

My dad thinks it should work, however he needs to sort out the server at work :confused:

Oh well thanks again :)

Browni
:D
 
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