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wiki:components:desktop-sharing [2012/10/26 16:51] holger.krause [GNU/Linux] |
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After starting the application and some searching, you will find a new icon on your panel. On the top the icon it's blue, and under it is white with a red cross in it. When you right-click on the butten you can activate the desktop sharing there. After activating other people who can login, can access your desktop. | After starting the application and some searching, you will find a new icon on your panel. On the top the icon it's blue, and under it is white with a red cross in it. When you right-click on the butten you can activate the desktop sharing there. After activating other people who can login, can access your desktop. | ||
- | ==== The Client Side ==== | + | ==== Client Side ==== |
+ | To connect to another user's desktop, use [[wiki: | ||
- | On the client | + | * Start the client. |
- | < | + | Preparing the session: |
- | aptitude install x2goclient | + | * Create a new session with " |
- | </ | + | * Assign a session name. |
+ | * As 'host name' give the name of the machine, the session you want to connect to, is running on. | ||
+ | * As 'user name' give your account on the remote machine. | ||
+ | * As ' | ||
+ | * Recommended: | ||
+ | * Press ' | ||
- | Start it and make a new session with " | + | Making the connection: |
+ | * Activate the newly created session. | ||
+ | * Enter the password of your remote account, | ||
+ | * You'll be presented | ||
- | Give it a session name, a host name, and the username from the user you want to access. In " | + | After this you will login on the desktop |
- | + | ||
- | Then start the session by clicking on it. Give the password of the user, and start the session. After this you will see a new window where you can choose which running session you want, in most cases there is only one. Choose the session. | + | |
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- | After this you will login on the desktop | + | |
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- | Realize that when you want to stop the session and the other is running a normal PC, you will stop the complete PC when you do a shutdown! | + | |
+ | Be aware, that by selecting ' | ||
+ | ==== Misc notes (needs to be rewritten ==== |