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On 08/06/10 16:48, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 08 June 2010 02:14:55 Jake Moe wrote: |
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>> I've got two Gentoo boxes, and would like to run X apps from both on one |
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>> display. From reading up on it, it appears that while this is possible, |
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>> it's also not recommended from a security standpoint, and the few HOWTOs |
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>> I've found for it seem to be 4-6 years old. Can anyone tell me: |
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> Security: Yes, it is not recommended, however, if you trust everyone who can |
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> connect to your network, then it is safe enough. |
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>> a) if this is a good idea in the first place, |
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> Depends on what you want to achieve. If you have only one screen and/or one |
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> machine with a decent graphics card then it does make sense. |
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> However, X is a very inefficient protocol. Eg. it can clog the network. |
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>> b) should I be looking at VNC instead of remote X, |
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> Maybe, but VNC puts the remote screen in a window. |
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>> c) is there another option I should be looking at, and |
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> Yes :) |
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>> d) if there is a good HOWTO on setting up whichever is the best to use |
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>> on a recent Gentoo system? |
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> I use X-tunneling with ssh. |
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> To get this to work, start with trying the following: |
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> (machineA has screen, machineB is screenless) |
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> on machineA # ssh -Y machineB |
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> then, on machineB, start the program you want displaying on machineA, for |
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> instance firefox. |
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> This is both easier to implement and also removes the security issues as ssh |
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> is encrypted. |
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> HTH, |
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> Joost Roeleveld |
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jmoe@aus10224 ~ $ ssh -Y jhb5970 |
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Password: |
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Last login: Wed Jun 9 08:05:09 EST 2010 from 192.168.0.114 on pts/0 |
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jmoe@jhb5970 ~ $ firefox |
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Error: no display specified |
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jmoe@jhb5970 ~ $ konqueror |
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konqueror: cannot connect to X server |
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jmoe@jhb5970 ~ $ |
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Did I not do it right? jhb5970 is not "screenless", it's a laptop, but |
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it's easier to use only one pane of glass. I'll probably only want to |
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do this when machineA is, say, emerging updates, but I want to do |
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something CPU-intensive on that computer, so I can utilize the idle |
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machineB. Make sense? |
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Jake Moe |
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