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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?
(Score: 2) by SDRefugee on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:51PM
Dunno WHY I'm replying to an AC, but anyway, I use Teamviewer to support my FAMILY... Which is DEFINATELY NOT a commercial enterprise.. Unless you and Teamviewer consider cookies or a fruitcake once a year as "commercial".....
America should be proud of Edward Snowden, the hero, whether they know it or not..