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posted by martyb on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:22PM   Printer-friendly
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Recently, someone in my family was not able to get into their home PC with their password, and called for assistance. This means having to drive down to the machine to see what they are doing, and log in with the appropriate account that can reset that password. Work commitments preclude driving there right away to see what is happening, and I am trying to locate a remote access solution. If they were logged into the machine, I could use some sort of remote assistance tool, but that is not an option in this case. There is the possibility of setting up SSH or OpenVPN to access the machine via the Internet, but I am not certain leaving those tools running all the time is the smartest idea in this day and age.

What recommendations do the Soylent community have for securely managing a machine over the Internet when someone is not logged into it?


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:36PM (6 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:36PM (#501859)

    That would require learning Powershell. Why would I want to waste my time doing that? And how would I learn that anyway, since I don't have a Windows box to practice on, and would rather do almost anything than use Windows in my spare time?

    If they're using Windows, they can go to the Microsoft Store or Geek Squad and get some help there.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:19PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:19PM (#501871)

    sounds like you are the prick of the family, and dont i expect they would be asking for help from you anyway.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Sunday April 30 2017, @06:11PM (1 child)

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Sunday April 30 2017, @06:11PM (#501935)

      Well they don't ask me for help fixing their HVAC, since I'm not an HVAC repair tech, and they don't ask me for help in their gardens, since I know nothing about gardening, and they don't ask me for help with their medical ailments, because I'm not a medical doctor. So why exactly should they expect me to be able to help them with Windows?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @06:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @06:25PM (#501940)

        So why exactly should they expect me to be able to help them with Windows?

        Lemme guess . . . because, . . . they are the pricks of the family?

    • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by SDRefugee on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:56PM

      by SDRefugee (4477) on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:56PM (#501972)

      Seems like its the same here as over on /. .... All the asshole trolls post as AC.. Guess they either don't have an account or more likely are afraid of making trollish comments with their identity revealed for all to see...

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:50PM

    That would require learning Powershell. Why would I want to waste my time doing that? And how would I learn that anyway, since I don't have a Windows box to practice on, and would rather do almost anything than use Windows in my spare time?

    Actually, you can run PowerShell everywhere [github.com]!

    Now get going and clear that gay porn adware off of Aunt Lizzie's Windows 10 box!

    [Not sure which is ickier, gay porn adware or Powershell on Linux]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:31PM (#502010)

    isnt powershell open source now? its possible in the future you might see it come to linux