[ILUG] X Windows Query

[Jason Corcoran]

On Tuesday 15 April 2008 12:02:48 James McBoyle wrote:
> 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 should be a case of (from you client machine) ensuring that the server 
machine has the right to start X apps so run xhost + <ip>
Next ssh into the server, export DISPLAY=<clientIp>:0.0 and then start up your 
app that you are interested in.

As mentioned you could also use ssh +x

J.




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