To use in a hostile network environment, you may want to change the VNC server’s default password. Login Via SSH or VNC Login via SSH or by VNC, and open a MATE Terminal, via “Applications/System Tools/Mate Terminal”, upper-left-hand-corner menu! $ vncpasswd $ Password: <input new password> $ Verify: <repeat new password> That’s it! The next time you login via Remmina or RealVNC, remember to change your VNC password, or else it will fail to authenticate! Khadas Products Used

Change the default "khadas" password in Ubuntu Mate to something more secure. Login To Your Khadas VIM Via SSH or VNC $ passwd $ (current) UNIX password: khadas $ Enter new UNIX password: <input new password> $ Retype new UNIX password: <repeat new password> Remember that the passwd command will change the password for whichever account you’re logged in as. If it’s the default khadas account, you will be changing the password for that! Khadas Products Used In This Post: VIM2

You may want to encrypt your VNC sessions to protect passwords and other sensitive information. Encrypting using Ubuntu is easy, simply click on the SSH tab in the Remote Desktop Preference pane, and add the following settings: ...inside Remmina Client...SSH tab... - Enable SSH tunnel - Tunnel via loopback address - Same server at port 22 - Username: khadas - Password One thing to note! The VNC password and your SSH passwordcould be different! In the next article, I’ll show

Turn your Khadas VIM into an OpenVPN, SSH tunnel, for your iPhone or iPad! 0. Why Tunnel OpenVPN Over SSH? In certain parts of the world, the OpenVPN protocol is blocked, and even modifying it’s config-file to run on port 443 doesn’t help. This means that even with OpenVPN, access to the free-internet is restricted. In such cases, our only method to access the internet is through an SSH Tunnel. Popularly, Linux and Unix machines can use an app like sshuttle to route all netwo

Get your Khadas VIM SBC to notify you when it boots up! 1. Login To Your Khadas VIM Via SSH $ ssh khadas@x.x.x.x $ khadas@x.x.x.x's password: khadas 2. Create A Bash Script $ cd /home/khadas $ nano notify.sh 3. Paste The Following Telegram Web-Request String ...paste this into the nano editor...but edit it first! !/bin/bash curl "https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot-api-key>/sendMessage?chat_id=<chat-id>&text=<name-of-your-vim>"$(hostname -I | sed 's| |%20|g')"" Substitute thes

Remote control your Khadas VIM from a smartphone or PC, without a monitor! Khadas VIM’s Remote Desktop, as seen through Remmina (Ubuntu 16.04) 0. Why Install VNC Into Your Khadas VIM SBC? In many instances, you may not have or want an external monitor connected to your Khadas VIM. Or you may have a need to connect to your VIM remotely, but still want a Graphical User Interface (GUI), instead of just an SSH shell. This is when a VNC server comes in handy! Headless Khadas VIM2