it might not be the best idea to install this software on machines with super secret data or access to expensive industry equipment (better use reverse ssh tunnel for that, yes it’s also possible to reverse-ssh-tunnel x11vnc but it’s pretty slow)

what if teamviewer.com get’s hacked?

  • [+] but it’s a still free of costs handy addition when a full remote desktop access is required
  • [-] WARNING! WHAT DOES NOT WORK SO WELL IS FORWARDING OF HOTKEYS 🙁
    • even something as simple as F3 or Ctrl+S does not get correctly forwarded

BUT it is required to create a teamviewer account

hostnamectl; # tested on
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) 
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-27-amd64
Architecture: x86-64

su - root;
apt install -y curl apt-transport-https;

curl -fSsL https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/signature/TeamViewer2017.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/teamview.gpg > /dev/null

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamview.gpg] http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list

apt update;

apt install -y teamviewer;

# log off root
Ctrl+D

# start it to configure it (unattended access is under security)
teamviewer

# make it autostart
teamviewer --daemon enable; # try
systemctl enable teamviewerd.service; # but maybe also try

# how to uninstall it
su - root
killall teamviewerd; apt -f purge teamviewer;

when all this is setup

the client needs to be configured for unattended access

put the mail and pwd of the registered teamviewer account

and the computer will show up on the list of accessible machines

UNFORTUNATELY

in Ubuntu (IN CONTRAST TO DEBIAN) unattended access is not possible

as a user still has to slide that button

not ideal for unattended access X-D

now please install a Debian vm that keeps running 24-7 so users can remote access ubuntu

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