Terminals & VNC
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Trying to remote to a Mac Mini with Terminals from Windows. I can get in with UltraVNC and vnc://IP from another Mac.
*Firewall on Mini is disabled
*Tried VNC protocol from Terminals on default port 5900
*Tried using the VNC defined password (on the Mini, setup during the "Screen Sharing/Remote Administration" portion.
*Tried having the Mini bound to AD and using AD credentials as well as the local credentials.
*Mini is on the same LAN as my Windows workstation.Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Terminals logs just say it can't connect because the connection was refused. Pretty generic.
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I can ping it from Terminals using the built-in networking tools.
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Wow... I just happened to stumble across this thread. Tried "vnc" as the user (that is used nowhere as a username on any of our machines), with the vnc password that was defined on the Mac.
Any idea why "vnc" has to be used? I tried my domain administrator credentials after binding, local administrator credentials, etc.
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@BBigford said in Terminals & VNC:
Wow... I just happened to stumble across this thread. Tried "vnc" as the user (that is used nowhere as a username on any of our machines), with the vnc password that was defined on the Mac.
Any idea why "vnc" has to be used? I tried my domain administrator credentials after binding, local administrator credentials, etc.
Eh, nvm. Something is going on. Hours ago, I tried using any username and using the VNC defined password. Never worked with anything... now after lots of testing, the username and the domain don't matter. I can put anything, as long as the VNC password is correct, which is what I thought it should be... But whereas it wasn't working ealier, now all of a sudden it is working. Weird.
Assuming there isn't any network issues because UltraVNC & from Mac to Mac worked 100% of the time. Any ideas what the hell is going on with Terminals? Things don't typically fix themselves. In the early stages, I couldn't even ping from Terminals. Then I could. VNC from Terminals still didn't work. Then all of a sudden it did. Hadn't made any changes to the Mac in that time.
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@BBigford Really don't want to disturb your monolog, but there's a password only auth option in some servers and clients. Maybe your client or server doesn't implement that very well. Have you tried something like good old TightVNC on the client side?
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@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford Really don't want to disturb your monolog, but there's a password only auth option in some servers and clients. Maybe your client or server doesn't implement that very well. Have you tried something like good old TightVNC on the client side?
Haha I was starting to feel like I was going on with a monolog. I almost deleted stuff, but then didn't want to delete any relevant content.
TightVNC and UltraVNC works. I was just trying to figure out why Terminals was having so many issues with authentication then just randomly started working.
All of a sudden ping was working, authentication worked... and I hadn't even changed anything. I just got frustrated and kept mashing connect about a dozen times to get SOMETHING to show up in the logs.
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@BBigford hehe, know that feeling. Very well. So problem solved?
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@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford hehe, know that feeling. Very well. So problem solved?
Solved but not explained. That's okay though. If nobody can chime in about Terminals specifically then I'll just drop it. Wanted to at least pose the question.
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Never use Terminals myself, sorry.
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@BBigford said in Terminals & VNC:
@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford hehe, know that feeling. Very well. So problem solved?
Solved but not explained. That's okay though. If nobody can chime in about Terminals specifically then I'll just drop it. Wanted to at least pose the question.
Bought a MobaXterm license a few months ago. Multiprotocol and multisession client, like mRemoteNG.
Take a look if you like, there's a free version with just some minor restrictions like amount of stored sessions, a few locked advanced settings etc. Full or "Pro" version is $70 or so, bound to user. You're free to install it on all your (the licensed user) machines. On top, there's a portable version that can run from a share or USB drive for example.
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@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford said in Terminals & VNC:
@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford hehe, know that feeling. Very well. So problem solved?
Solved but not explained. That's okay though. If nobody can chime in about Terminals specifically then I'll just drop it. Wanted to at least pose the question.
Bought a MobaXterm license a few months ago. Multiprotocol and multisession client, like mRemoteNG.
Take a look if you like, there's a free version with just some minor restrictions like amount of stored sessions, a few locked advanced settings etc. Full or "Pro" version is $70 or so, bound to user. You're free to install it on all your (the licensed user) machines. On top, there's a portable version that can run from a share or USB drive for example.
I may have to check that out. Terminals is about as great as it's going to get for free. But I'm relying on it and nRemoteNG so heavily (I know some people like Remote Desktop Connection Manager, I just don't), that I would be inclined to have work pay for a license. I just haven't tried a client I like enough that supports:
*RDP
*VNC
*SSHnot really needed but nice to have for some occasions...
*Telnet
*HTTP
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@BBigford Features: http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/features.html
MobaXterm will support that, and much more. Macros, SSH tunnel (local and remote port forwarding), a handy SFTP browser which always points to the current directory in your sh session, PuTTY keygen, X11 forwarding and even simple things like arranging and undocking windows (something very simple I'm missing from most other clients)
I think they are using PuTTY behind the scenes, but thats just a wild guess. IMHO, that tool is far superior compared to mRemoteNG (which isn't bad at all).
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@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford Features: http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/features.html
MobaXterm will support that, and much more. Macros, SSH tunnel (local and remote port forwarding), a handy SFTP browser which always points to the current directory in your sh session, PuTTY keygen, X11 forwarding and even simple things like arranging and undocking windows (something very simple I'm missing from most other clients)
I think they are using PuTTY behind the scenes, but thats just a wild guess. IMHO, that tool is far superior compared to mRemoteNG (which isn't bad at all).
Cool, thanks for the suggestion. There's things I like about nRemoteNG and Terminals, but maybe it's time to switch to something paid if it's going to be a bit better.
You mentioned a SFTP browser, so I'd be able to combine Terminals and WinSCP it sounds like.
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@BBigford np, yw.
The browser is more like a window to the left of your terminal window. It's OK to upload or download a few files or folders, but a real NC/MC style SFTP/SCP client like FileZilla or WinSCP is still in use on my machine.
Don't get me wrong, I really like small purpose build tools and I'm not really a big fan of Swiss knife solutions - but MobaXterm helped me. Was recommended to me by a guy working for a project partner.
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@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
@BBigford np, yw.
The browser is more like a window to the left of your terminal window. It's OK to upload or download a few files or folders, but a real NC/MC style SFTP/SCP client like FileZilla or WinSCP is still in use on my machine.
Don't get me wrong, I really like small purpose build tools and I'm not really a big fan of Swiss knife solutions - but MobaXterm helped me. Was recommended to me by a guy working for a project partner.
Cool, good to know about keeping WinSCP. Thanks
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SFTP-Browser to the left. Drag & Drop possible. Whenever you are changing your directory in the terminal (e.g. cd), the browser will "follow you".
Advanced features
Tunnel wizard (nice add-on)
Supported session types (clients)
And... just found this (full SFTP client):
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@thwr said in Terminals & VNC:
SFTP-Browser to the left. Drag & Drop possible. Whenever you are changing your directory in the terminal (e.g. cd), the browser will "follow you".
Advanced features
Tunnel wizard (nice add-on)
Supported session types (clients)
And... just found this (full SFTP client):
Nice, especially the full SFTP client.
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I'm another MobaXterm user here... I've noticed one minor glitch with the SFTP browser. I can't drag and drop something to a new SSH session the first time I log on.
I have to log out and then log back in, and it works every time after that. I'm coming up on my renewal for Moba here soon. It's been great!
