Accessing your Linux computer from home
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First, you need somewhat to have access to the CERN network. The suggested method is to use sshuttle.
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If you use Gnome on your CERN desktop computer, a very simple way to get access to your screen is described on linuxhint.com. This is the easiest to setup and allows you to have control of your local X session.
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Alternatively, a general tool is to use
xrdp
service which is probably available on any linux distribution. A possible guide is on digitalocean.com. However, this seems to be a bit more complicated to setup as one may wish. -
From your home computer, you can use any remote desktop client (for windows, linux, mac) to access your CERN machine.
Typical known issues
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It might be that you then need to disable screen lock on your computer: this clearly is not particularly safe especially if you share your office with others.
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There might be both gnome-screen-sharing service and xrdp running on your CERN computer: the latter, will prevent the first one to work!