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Installing OPEN SSH

Install openssh

  • sudo pacman -S openssh
  • systemctl enable sshd

To start the sshd

  • systemctl start sshd

  • Better configure before starting

Configuring

Open the configurations file

  • sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • Remove the # on necessary configurations lines.
  • Simple Setup:
Port
AddressFamily
ListenAddress

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Security using rsa keys

Increasing the security is very important so... Create the keypair for the CLIENT

  • ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048

This will create 2 keys the private and the public (.pub) in your profile .ssh/id_rsa In the SERVER create the .ssh folder in the profile that you want to login and create this new file

  • vim .ssh/authorized_keys

And paste everthing in .pub key to this file

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1...

Edit some configurations to disable other types of login

  • sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Uncomment and Change

HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
PermitRootLogin no
MaxAuthTries 2
HostbasedAuthentication no
IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
IgnoreRhosts yes
PasswordAuthentication no
PermitEmptyPasswords no

Remote Desktop (Xorg) Option 1 (Dont work i dont know why)

Downloading xorg

  • sudo pacman -S xorg

Creating permission for profile

  • touch ~/.Xauthority
  • chmod 600 ~/.Xauthority

Enabling X11 forwarding for ssh connection

  • sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config ``Uncoment and Change`
AllowTcpForwarding yes
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes

Client connection

  • ssh -X user@host
  • Download a desktop and start it

Remote Desktop (Xorg) Option 2

Downloading dependencies

  • sudo pacman -S lsof pwgen sshfs inetutils xorg-fonts-misc perl-dbd-sqlite perl-capture-tiny perl-config-simple perl-file-basedir perl-file-which perl-switch perl-try-tiny
  • auracle clone nxagent

Downloading the server

  • auracle clone x2goserver

Creating database for the server

  • sudo x2godbadmin --createdb

Check if fuse module kernel is on

  • lsmod | grep fuse

Start server

  • systemctl start/enable x2goserver.service

Client

  • auracle clone x2goclient

Connecting

  • x2goclient (GUI Interface)

Remote Desktop (Xorg/Wayland) Option 3

  • sudo pacman -S virtualgl
  • auracle clone turbovnc
  • sudo vim /usr/bin/xstartup.turbovnc

Add to final

exec startplasma-x11/startxfce4/startyourdesktop
  • vncserver -rfbport 2456 <- server ports

  • Consider adding it to boot loader to open the server everytime you boot the system

  • New 'X' desktop is computer_name:1

  • You can view by looking the logs file in vim /home/user/.vnc/computer_name:1.log

  • Connect to it using the turbovnc-viewer
  • Everytime you open a application with gpu you need to use this command
  • /opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglrun [vglrun options] myapplication {arguments}

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