VNC + SSH question..

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/30/05, Eric Murphy <eam404 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hey guys had a SSH forward question so here goes...
> 
> 
> I have 2 computers on my lan one of them is a server and the other is my
> desktop.
> 
> Desktop 192.168.1.104
> Server 192.168.1.103
> 
> Now I have port forwarding setup on my crappy linksys router so 22 is
> pointing to my Server (192.168.1.103)
> 
> My question is this...
> 
> 
> I would like to tightVNC to my Desktop (192.168.1.104) forwarding it
> through SSH.  Now from what I understand If my router was pointing to my
> desktop this would not be a problem at all.  All I would have to do is
> SSH to my IP while forwarding 22 to 5900.  However I cant do it this way
> since 22 is pointing to my server.  So I figured I would ssh into my
> server and issue a command such as ssh 192.168.1.103
> -L22:192.168.1.104:5900 however once im in and I run vncview it
> obivoiusly can be displayed becuase Im not running X on the server.  Am
> I way off here? Is there a way to do this? Will I need to forward 22 on
> my router to the desktop as well as server? Is there a way to connect to
> my server thats not running X and some how vnc into my desktop?
> 

Why not just forword it to a diffrent port, at the router forward port
23 (any port) to 192.168.1.104:22?

> On the remote machines I'd be useing PuTTY for windows and SSH on Linux
> box's.  Prehaps someone can give me a step by step guide?
> 

http://www.maths.utas.edu.au/People/Hill/vnc/vnc.html