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Cheated by a friend using remote login

Me and my flatmate connect over the same network. Recently, I brought a new PC. Since I didn't want to spend money on Windows, I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it. Since my friend knew way more about ...
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Get output command from multiple machines simultaneously

I have multiple machines on the same LAN, and I would like to get the top/nvidia-smi status of all machines in a single command, E.g by dispatching nvidia-smi-all from one of the machines. The output ...
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Remotely kill a running process in an Ubuntu system with no space left

EDIT I had to go to the console and reboot, as it was unresponsive to any command. I am trying to ssh to an Ubuntu 18.04 server, and it is unresponsive. But it responds to ping. I suspect it has a ...
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Making Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 accessible from the outside?

I have installed Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 on my parents computer but want to be able to administrate it from the outside (install updates, fix issues etc). I need to view the main desktop (:0), not create ...
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VNC connection, xstartup?

I've setup two tunnels via a host with a public IP from my home computer, to my work computer: work$ ssh -R 5901:localhost:5901 public home$ ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901 public and when i connect by ...
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Remote access to Ubuntu desktop from Windows laptop

I'm using an Ubuntu-based (18.04.04 LTS) desktop in Germany that's connected to the internet via ethernet cable. I would like to know if it's somehow possible to control this pc remotely from a ...
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Start application at start-up even without logging in

I have a small server (with Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop) that I leave at my parent's house while I live abroad. I use ngrok since I cannot add a static IP to their router, and I set it up so that it starts ...
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Why my rdp access to Linux consumes way more bandwidth than a rdp connection to a Windows 10 machine?

I have a first VM running Ubuntu 18.04 as a guest, and a second VM running Win10 as a guest, both powered by virtualbox. I have enabled on the 2 VMs the VRDP option to allow remote access. I can ...
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sshfs "reset by peer" after new installation of server OS

I'm trying to mount a drive from my work PC to my home PC using the command below: sudo sshfs -o allow_other [email protected]:/ /mnt/home-pc This command was working fine before. However, I've ...
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How to config ~/.ssh/config file to remotely access server inside domain

I maintain a server on weekly basis that is located inside a client company's network while connected via checkpoint network extender. I'm able o access with no issues using ssh [email protected]@...
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does ubuntu 18.04 comes with xrdp?

Hello Ubuntu Community, I am looking to control my Ubuntu machine with a windows pc from work.
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Why [machine_name].local works when remote login is enabled?

I noticed that my 18.04 has "Remote Login" (Settings => Sharing) setting. When it's enabled you can SSH to the machine (ssh [machine_name].local). How does this work? How do the other machines ...
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