On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:24:48 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote > 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, ...). > > 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. That does look like the easiest other than just running the Xapp via ssh. I was trying to connect to the desktop for testing purposes. > 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. Yes -- tad bit more involved than vnc though .. > And one that I have not tried myself is rdesktop. But I think that only > allows you to access windows type servers. That is correct - Linux to Terminal 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 I agree - did not think about the runthisscript idea though. Thanks. On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:14:39 +0100, dballester wrote > You can take a look at </spam_mode on> remote X chooser project <spam_mode > off> > > It's a gpl bash script > > http://rxchoose.sourceforge.net/ Thanks to you both. I think I will try the vnc approach. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
