Logging into a linux server from windows 7

Balb0wa · 29 Mar 2012 at 11:44

Ive signed up for a cloud server running linux, i want to be able to log in and view the linux desktop from windows 7, im clueless with it, any help on how to do it?

i can get root access ok, its just knowing what to do from that.

i read a few guides on the net, but no luck so far.

Please...............

Disco Boy · 29 Mar 2012 at 11:47

Do you need a GUI or could you just SSH in using something like Cygwin and do everything from the command line?

If you want a GUI, then vnc will do what you want I think?

SMN · 29 Mar 2012 at 11:55

Does your linux server even have a GUI? If its running headless it wont. If it is running a GUI, then something like RealVNC will do.

KIA · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:16

Balb0wa · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:30

i can log in via putty and ssh , no idea about a gui

this is the one ive gone for, just a basic one.

http://www.nephoscale.com/nephoscale-cloud-servers

crinkleshoes · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:36

When configuring... which OS image did you put on there?

It's highly likely that it has no GUI... you can do everything by command line, if you learn how.

Balb0wa · 29 Mar 2012 at 12:44

crinkleshoes said:
When configuring... which OS image did you put on there?

It's highly likely that it has no GUI... you can do everything by command line, if you learn how.

i want to be able to access the web from the server, or run a program i have. (nowt dodgy!)

went for Linux CentOS 5.5 32-bit

Bigsy · 29 Mar 2012 at 18:44

Are you sure you need a gui? What are you trying to do exactly? Hide sites your browsing? If so it's easy to ssh tunnel all your local traffic via the server and browse locally via it. This will obviously hide your traffic and get round any firewall restrictions you have locally.

If not and you really do just need a desktop you will need to setup VNC, loads of guides online to do this on centOS, I would personally use NX though its much quicker.