Remote access to config FreeBSD server

Paul Schmehl pauls at utdallas.edu
Tue Feb 20 23:55:20 UTC 2007


--On Monday, February 19, 2007 19:26:02 -0800 satimis <satimis at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> FreeBSD-6.2-amd64
>
> I'm going to install the captioned OS as server, web/mail/database etc.,
> for test purpose and without X.  I'm prepared to connect a workstation
> for fine tuning the server.  Can I use a Linux workstation to do the job
> because I have no FreeBSD workstation here?  OR I must run a FreeBSD
> workstation.  If YES, pls advise where can I find relevent steps to do
> the job.  I'll have SSH enabled on the server.
>
You can use anything that can run an ssh client.  Even Windows can do that 
- if you install one.

> I need GUI browser to connect outside World for searching documents and
> seeking help.  I found elinks not easy to read html website.
>
You can't run a GUI browser without running X.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/


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