What is remote access?
The article Remote Access will show you possible solutions to remotely access a managed client or your data inside the D-ITET networks from the selfmanaged client network or from devices outside the ETH network. It will cover the following topics:
What is HTTP download?
The HTTP download is a simple solution to transfer a data file to an external user. On the client side no additional software is needed, a web browser is sufficient.
Quick Help for fast access
If you wanna have fast access by using VNC, do this. If you wanna get into more deeply, read next paragraphs.
Connect to the ETH network
If current_host resides outside of the ETH network, you need to connect to it thorugh either a VPN connection or an SSH tunnel. Connecting through VPN is the preferred method as it uses a dedicated infrastructure.
Check (student) host availability
Check with the command htop if any other users are using internal_host 's resources right now. If they do, log out and log in to a different host.
VNC server configuration
The first start of vncserver creates the directory /home/eth_username/.vnc. It contains startup scripts for the different desktop options mentioned in Choose a non-default desktop. Logfiles of VNC sessions will also be stored there. If you experience problems, check the logfiles for hints what went wrong.
Introduction
Mailbox Access
- Web Access
You can access your inbox and your mail folders with a web browser on any client with internet connectivity. Our web server with the Roundcube software can be reached under https://email.ee.ethz.ch. - IMAP/ SMTP Access
You can also access your mail with any IMAP/ SMTP based mail client software ( Thunderbird, Outlook, Smartphone Mail Programs, Windows 10 Mail, ......) over the internet. IMAP/ SMTP access to our mail servers is enabled for the internet. Detailed information is available in the Em…
Ssh - Remote Terminal Session
- In the Linux world remote terminals are widely used. The secure shell ssh allows secure (i.e. encrypted connection) remote terminal sessions. To establish such sessions, you will need an SSH client application. Under Linux and Mac OSX, the program is called ssh and is usually provided by the basic installation of the operating system. Under MS Windows, a 3rd party manu…
Remote Desktop Session
- Windows Remote Desktop
To access your Windows computer remotely, please read Windows Remote Desktop Services. - X11VNC
x11vnc can be used to connect to a desktop session running on the physical display of a host. Please see the X11VNC HOWTO for further details. In case you have no running session on the physical display and need to login graphically, please contact supportand provide the name of th…
File Transfer
- HTTP download
The HTTP download is a simple solution to transfer a data file to an external user. On the client side no additional software is needed, a web browser is sufficient. Here are the sample commands to provide a data file for download with a required authorization in your personal we… - Linux scp
Between two Linux machines you can transfer a file with the ssh-integrated secure file copy (scp). The command is: With the command the file document.pdf on your linux machine is copied in the Documents subdirectory in your home at D-ITET.
Network File System Access
- NFS access
Because NFS is not enabled between the internal networks nor to the internet it has no significance in remote access solutions. NFS is only used by ISG managed linux clients to access user and project homes on servers and dedicated storage systems of ID and ITET by Linux auto… - SMB/ CIFS access
This Microsoft network file sharing protocol has a user based authentication and therefore has a great significance for accessing data resources not only on windows file servers. Linux servers are also providing SMB/ CIFS access with use of the sambasoftware suite, an emulation of the …