Re: [Nolug] Exporting a session with IRIX

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:08:43AM +0000, Joey Kelly wrote:
> I haven't done this yet (but I want to), but AFAIK, one of the selling points
> of X is that you can transport your desktop to another machine. Now, how to
> do this securely?
 
 ssh -X remotemachine xterm
 will give you an SSH connection to the remote box, and will start a
 remote xterm on it that will display on your current machine. I think
 the -f flag tells it to fork to the background once you've
 authenticated.

 At that point, any X-programs you start from that xterm will start from
 the remote machine and display on the local machine.
 
 You can even get xwindows running in cygwin on a windows box to do
 this, I've done it from work a few times when i needed to pay bills
 online or stuff like that.

 As for getting the full xdm session started using a remote host, I've
 never tried.
 P

> And yes, I've played with VNC, and it has its uses. Actually, my current
> (next, anyway) project is to wrap vnc inside of SSL (sslwrap, I suppose), and
> stick my desktop on the net for my use when I'm elsewhere. Obscure port,
> .htaccess-protected (is that even possible???), only run it when I need it,
> etc., etc..
>
> --Joey
>
> Thou spake:
> >At 09:30 AM 4/7/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >>everything would be cool to try :)
> >
> >Naturally! Well, if you want everything to be on your desktop then try XDM
> >or VNC. Is VNC even available for IRIX I wonder? By the way, there may be
> >another way to do this, but I don't know it.
> >
> >Regards, Dustin
> >
> >
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