From c1ce7d16e0dffb5f7974d7aff6bd9e99dd81496e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nico Schottelius <nico@nico-notebook.schottelius.org>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 08:58:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add first version of remote access

---
 remote-access.sh | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 remote-access.sh

diff --git a/remote-access.sh b/remote-access.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7a84240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote-access.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Nico Schottelius, 2026-05-26
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ] ; then
+    echo $0 hostname.ra.placeX.ungleich.ch
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+target_host=$1; shift
+
+case $target_host in
+    *.ra.place10.ungleich.ch)
+        jump="vigir26.place10.ungleich.ch"
+        #jump="vigir26.place10.ungleich.ch vigir23.place10.ungleich.ch"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported RA access" >&2
+        exit 1
+esac
+
+set -x
+
+if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^old-firefox$"; then
+    echo "Starting old firefox in docker in background"
+    docker run -ti --rm --net=host --name old-firefox -d \
+       -v ~/.old-firefox:/root/.mozilla ungleich/firefox-java-vnc
+else
+    echo "Old firefox already running"
+fi
+
+echo "Trying to create socks proxy on localhost:3133 (might fail if running already)"
+for jhost in $jump; do
+    if ping -c2 $jhost; then
+        ssh -D 3133 -f -N -T root@$jhost
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then break; fi
+    fi
+done
+
+docker exec -d old-firefox firefox $target_host
+
+vncviewer localhost:0
+
+cat <<EOF
+Remote access has been setup. To access it, do:
+
+- Configure firefox to use a proxy, type SOCKS, port 3133
+- To cleanup:
+  docker rm -f old-firefox
+
+Typical usernames:
+
+- Supermicro: ADMIN
+- ilo3: Administrator
+- drac 6: root
+
+Password: placeX/remote-management
+
+
+EOF