How to remotely log into a Linux server from Windows?

[cw42]

I plan on setting up an Ubuntu server at home while i'm away at college. If the server were to be reboot for some reason, how could I remotely log into the server from a Windows machine, and get everything running again?

Btw I have the server running in terminal, so no gui.

i'm a linux noob, so be gentle. 🙂

 

[Cerb]

SSH
PuTTY

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: Cerb
SSH
PuTTY

I'd add that it's a good idea to give your server a static ip on your lan. It's very frustrating when the router goes down for a second, comes back and gives everyone a different ip.

Some kind of free hostname service like dyndns is good too, especially if you use an automatic update client so your home external ip can change without trouble.

 

[cw42]

yeah, im using no-ip.com

i installed xampp on the server, and changed all the pw's. i don't have time right now to individually install everything, so i hope it's secure enough. i'm only using the server for personal web stuff, so i'm not worried if anything bad happens to it.

 

[cw42]

alright i was succesfuly able to ssh into my server using putty.

Another question, how do i turn off gnome so it boots into terminal only?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: cw42
alright i was succesfuly able to ssh into my server using putty.

Another question, how do i turn off gnome so it boots into terminal only?

Edit the inittab to boot to runlevel 3 instead of 5.

 

[Nothinman]

Another question, how do i turn off gnome so it boots into terminal only?

Depends on the distribution. Debian and derivatives you just disable the GDM service, i.e. rm /etc/rc2.d/S99gdm.