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Last Login: Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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I make extensive use of the SSH tunneling feature. Actually it's invaluable to me.
I look after a large number of separate networks with many workstations on each, all connections to the remote network are done by SSH tunnel.
Currently, when I want to perform a rollout of VNC to a number of workstations I do the following:
1. Install the vnc manager software on the server of the remote network (the eval)
2. enumerate the machines on the network
3. Use the deploy wizard to deploy VNC (where I have to create the deployment job)
4. Export the list of machines
5. Import the list on local install of VNC Manager
6. Configure SSH tunnel and password for each server
7. Remove VNC manager from the remote server
There are a few things I feel that could be done that could streamline this, and take advantage of all the other very useful features in VNC Manager that cannot be used (so far as I have discovered) through a VNC tunnel such as the remote reboot and remote command execute etc
A remote agent of some kind would be very useful. I would imagine it to be like this:
1. At its core it's simply a version of VNC Manager that has had the actual VNC/RDP connection part removed. All the discovery and deployment tools remain.
2. Either the "save servers as a list" have the option to store passwords (obviously pointing out the risk of this) or the backup manager can selectivly import servers.
3. A mass editor to alter many entries at once (adding SSH tunnel information to a group in one go) - I suspect this will not be necessary when 3.6 appears though
And finally, though it's probably far too much effort for what is likely small return:
4. Since the extra tools don't work over SSH (shutdown/remote execute) some sort of method where the remote agent performs them and sends the results back (Think of it as a VNC Manager proxy or sophisticated bouncer).
Actually, integrating an RDP or VNC bouncer into this remote agent would be a sensible idea too.
Lastly i'd just like to add that VNC Manager is brilliant. Really good!
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Last Login: Sunday, December 06, 2009
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I totally agree with that suggestion, I have the same situation, managing many disparate networks.
I thought that one of the benefits of SSH was being able to run local utilities on the client. Would be great to have this implemented sooner rather than later.
-STSanford
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