On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 13:41, Mike Vanecek wrote: > Connect two RH systems via ssh. One can then run Gnome windows based apps > just by giving the command on the remote (e.g., gvim &) and run the remote > app on the local machine. > > Is it possible to start a remote desktop on the local machine that looks the > same as it would on the remote? If yes, please point me in the right > direction for doing so (docs, how-tos, ...). > > Thank you. > > Mike. Probably the easiest thing to setup is vnc. You setup vncserver on the remote end and then you can connect to that from your local system. This will work not only with Linux but pretty much any OS including Windows. It works reasonably well over cable modem type connections but may not be all that usable over dial up. This is actually true for most of these options. You can also setup XDMCP (I think I spelled that correctly). Been awhile but I believe this uses x windows and will load a session on you local machine from a remote system. And one that I have not tried myself is rdesktop. But I think that only allows you to access windows type servers. I personally just use ssh and use the x11 forwarding option for the programs I want to run remotely. Depending on your network setup I think you will find this is more efficient network wise than exporting the entire desktop. You can setup launchers on your local system that invoke ssh and the command or script that you want to run on the remote system. ssh remoteipaddress runthisscript Set that up to run without a terminal and it gives you a nice password prompt and the programs windows are forwarded to your local system. Works well and looks great. Keeps you from having to go to a terminal and establish the ssh connection and then run the command. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Do molecular biologists wear designer genes? -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
