In Red Hat 9:
[complicated stuff snipped]
On pon, 2003-09-29 at 15:07, Brian Johnson wrote:X is a network protocol.
I've been looking for a way to use a gui text editor to edit files on a remote server.
Just ssh to the remote server and run the application there. Nothing else needed.
Slightly more complicated:
You can skip ssh by running "xhost +<remote-host-name>" and then on the remote machine:
export DISPLAY=<local-host-name>:0
and then run the application.
As complicated as you'll ever need:
xauth nlist $(hostname):0 | ssh <remote-host> /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -f ~/.Xauthority nmerge -
then on the remote machine
export DISPLAY=<local-host-name>:0
and then run the application.
Messing with application-specific stuff is OK, but it's bit tedious. There are, of course, numerous other ways to achieve the same affect. To name but a few:
* scp/ftp/rcp files back and forth
* mount remote filesystem locally using nfs
* some editors (e.g. emacs) have a mechanism for specifying remote files
* lbxproxy for slow remote connections
* log in to the console on the remote machine :-)
This is, after all, Unix and there are always dozens of ways of doing the same thing. Be imaginitive. Find one you like and wrap it in a shell script.
jch
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