Good Question. We were using it here on the development side of the house,
and I'm not the one who set it up...so, not sure about the security end of
it. However, we kept the VNC password secret...need to know basis. And, when
you hooked to a Win box...you had to log onto it with your own id and password.

If you left VNC without logging off the box...you got in trouble....so, that's
really how we managed it. Not a lot of security needed, however, I have started
reading up on it a little for an experiment I was wanting to do. I was
looking into using SSH and VNC together for a secure connection. I've done
light reading, and it looks possible. So, you might pursue that topic a
bit and see what you can come up with...I believe you can do some authentication
via the SSH connection. And, there are Win tools that do SSH.....

K

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:51:09AM -0500, after pounding the keys randomly, Joe Jankowski came up with....
> Hi Kelly,
>
> Were you successful at setting up WinVNC (with its internal security
> settings)on a MS server with security settings? About a year ago I tried to
> set it up securely. I tested it from another machine which I blocked by IP
> within the WinVNC application but it still came in. I was wondering if you
> had similiar problems. I can't use a firewall to block access to this box.
>
> All of this focuses around using svrmgrl. I set up Terminal Services on the
> box but the shutdown command will not work remotely within it. Everything
> else runs fine in svrmgl.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joseph Jankowski
> Database Administrator
> SAIC Frederick
> 301.846.5279
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Grigg [mailto:[Email Address Removed] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:02 AM
> To: LazyDBA.com Discussion
> Subject: Re: SHUTDOWN and STARTUP remotely
>
>
> What kind of machine is it? Unix or MS?
>
> If Unix, would be easy to connect to it via SSH or something..and run
> the sqlplus/svrmgrl from 'there' and start/shutdown the db. If on MS, then
> look possibly at isntalling VNC server/clients on the 2 machines...and
> you can connect and open up the desktop of that machine from yours, and
> again, run whatever you want to start/stop the db. VTC is freeware if
> you need it...
>
> HTH,
>
> Kelly
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 07:46:12AM -0800, after pounding the keys randomly,
> Sissi Malek came up with....
> > Guys,
> >
> > I have to connect to another server located in another
> > region remotely. Can I just use SQL Plus to startup
> > and shutdown DB on that remote server?
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Sissi
> >
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