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* ''Require the user to enter this password'' - Specifies a password wich must be entered by the remote user to access your desktop. It is strongly advised that you select this option and specify a password.
Finally this screen specifies the command to run on the remopte remote system to access the desktop.Once you have configureed Remote Desktop access you are ready to try connecting. == Accessing a Remote Ubuntu Linux Desktop == As mentioned previously there are both secure and insecure methods for accessing a remote desktop. In this section we assume that the desktop is being accessed by a remote system on the same local network where security is not a concern. See the section later in this chapter for estabishing a secure connection if you are connecting from a system outside your firewall. Having configure the remote desktop settings on the local system move to another system on your network, open a terminal window and enter the command specified in the Remote Desktop Preferences dialog, for example: <pre>vncviewer hostname:0</pre> where ''hostname'' is either the hostname or IP address of the remote system. if you you configure the remote system to prompt to approve a connection a dialog will appear on the remote system. Until the conenction is approved the vncview session will wait. Once approved, or if no approval is required, VNC will prompt for the password (assuming one was defined): [[Image:Example.jpg]] Enter the password and a new screen will appear containing the desktop from the remote system. If remote desktop control was enabled you can interact with the desktop as if you were sitting at the remote screen. This section assumed that the remote desktop was being accessed from a Linux or Unix system. Access is also possible from a Windows system. == Accessing a Remote Ubuntu Linux Desktop from a Windows System == In order to access a Linux remote desktop from a Windows system the first step is to install a Windows VNC client on the Windows system. There are a number of VNC packages available for Windows. In this chapter we will look at TightVNC ([http://www.tightvnc.com/ http://www.tightvnc.com])
