[Box-Admins] How to connect to squeaksource.com image with a VNC client

[Chris Muller]

We really should have a page on the wiki that describes all the ways
the Squeak can be run so the UI can be viewed and operated, and the
pros / cons of each approach.

This something we all face today, not just box-admins.

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:23 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 05:52:16AM +0100, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, David T. Lewis wrote:
>>
>> >Updated today to provide secure VNC access to the squeaksource.com image.
>> >Details are in box3 ~ssdotcom/README.
>> >
>> >The squeaksource.com image allows VNC connections on display number 1 with
>> >a
>> >password of "Squeak01". However, for security reasons, this access can only
>> >be enabled by one of the box-admins with sudo privileges on
>> >box3.squeak.org.
>> >
>> >How to connect to the image with VNC:
>> >
>> >- Log on to box3.squeak.org and determine the PID of the squeakvm that
>> >is running the squeaksource.com image. Running /usr/bin/top is a quick
>> >way to do this.
>> >
>> >- Send a SIGUSR2 signal to the VM process. For example, if the pid is
>> >12345, then the command would be "sudo kill -SIGUSR2 12345".
>> >
>> >- Within the next 60 seconds, use a VNC client on your local computer
>> >to connect to squeaksource.com:1 and log in with password "Squeak01".
>>
>> Isn't it easier and safer to tunnel the connection over ssh?
>>
>
> To be honest, I don't know how to do that (tunnel the connection over ssh).
>
> My goal was just to be able to announce the ssh password (Squeak01) publicly
> so that it would be possible for someone other than me to connect to the
> image if necessary.
>
> Dave
>