08-30-2017
Free alternatives are VNC, Open NX.
Commercial alternatives are Citrix, ThinLinc, NoMachine NX.
The NX client uses the ssh protocol like putty.
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bssh/bvnc/bshell(1) General Commands Manual bssh/bvnc/bshell(1)
NAME
bssh/bvnc/bshell - Browse for SSH/VNC servers on the local network
SYNOPSIS
bssh
bvnc
bshell
DESCRIPTION
bssh/bvnc/bshell browses for SSH/VNC servers on the local network, shows them in a GUI for the user to select one and finally calls
ssh/vncviewer after a selection was made.
If the binary is called as bssh only ssh servers will be shown. If the binary is called as bvnc only VNC servers will be shown. If the
binary is called as bshell both VNC and SSH servers are shown.
OPTIONS
-s | --ssh
Browse for SSH servers (and only SSH servers) regardless under which name the binary is called.
-v | --vnc
Browse for VNC servers (and only VNC servers) regardless under which name the binary is called.
-S | --shell
Browse for both VNC and SSH servers regardless under which name the binary is called.
-d | --domain= DOMAIN
Browse in the specified domain. If omitted bssh/bvnc/bshell will browse in the default browsing domain (usually .local)
-h | --help
Show help.
AUTHORS
The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/
SEE ALSO
avahi-browse(1), ssh(1), vncviewer(1)
COMMENTS
This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.
Manuals User bssh/bvnc/bshell(1)