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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> However, the usual way to use remote X-based programs is just to let |
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>> SSH do that. It can provide a tunnel for X. This is especially easy if |
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>> the remote SSH server daemon has set its "X11Forwarding" configuration |
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>> setting set to "yes" (otherwise, it is really a bit harder and not |
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>> suggested). Then, you just would connect using "ssh -X user@host" and |
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>> that's it, SSH will care for creating a socket on the remote machine |
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>> and set the DISPLAY variable accordingly. |
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> NB: I've found that using -Y instead of -X can speed up some |
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> applications by a factor of 50 or more. |
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Thank you all for your responses, although, due to me not initially |
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providing all of the needed info, some peoples responses were not valid. |
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My problem was I had to forward from an 8 year old SUN server, with no |
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keyboard or monitor to my linux box. It's running Sunos5.? and DOES NOT |
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have SSH - grrrr!!! Only telnet!!!!! |
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Between the replies I got and and more Googling, I had to: |
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telnet into the SUN box. |
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On the SUN box export the DISPLAY system variable with it pointing to my |
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machine. |
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Tell the linux box default xorg window manager and then kdm, when I |
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subsequently installed it, to not ignore tcp ie comment out the |
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"-nolisten tcp" config variable. |
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Couldn't get xauth to work so I used xhost to tell my machine to accept |
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the connection from the Sun server. |
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Fired up the CAD system from the telnet login and hey presto, |
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MicroStation on my linux box. |
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Sounds simple but the amount of stuffing around I had to do before it |
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eventually worked....probably best left unsaid. Anyway, thanks to all |
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for the help and here's hoping I get access to SSH the next time I have |
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to do anything like this. |
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Regards, |
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Andrew |
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