On 15/04/2008, Ian <ianhoweire at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a quick question regarding x windows,
> I have 2 linux machines and wondering if i can display applications from one
> on the other and what is the process for doing this.
> i have read a little into this and here is how i understand it to be.
> obviously the end result is negative so perhaps someone can point
> out where i'm going wrong.
>> Server :: 192.168.1.3
> Client :: 192.168.1.4
>> On the client machine i open a tty2 session (ctrl + alt + f2)
> i login as normal and ssh onto the server 192.168.1.3
> while connected via ssh, I then issue the command : export display=
> 192.168.1.4:0
>> What do i need to do after this to open the servers applications on my
> client.
>> Ian
It might not be quite what you're looking for, but I generally just
use ssh -x for this.. I just use that to connect to one box from the
other and then fire up the application as normal from the command
line, no need to bother with anything else.
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