Is there a way to start an xserver remotely by a script? I have several displays connect to nodes that I would like to start simultaneously. But I cannot seem to start them unless I ssh through a console and then start them from the commandline.

for example,

HEADNODE> ssh node1
NODE1> xinit &

This would work fine. However,

HEADNODE> ssh node1 xinit
xinit: Command not found.
HEADNODE>

As you can see, this doesn't work. I would like to have a script that will start several dozen nodes at the same time. Thanks for any advice.

jd

So it looks like a stumped the linuxquestions.org panel. Do I win a t-shirt?

well, if you can do it thru an SSH console, you should be able to do the same thing thru a one-liner SSH.

if you previously did this and it worked:
then this should work too:
If you get the error "xinit: Command not found.", it would mean that your PATH was not imported properly since u did not execute it thru a login shell. In that case, you can try using the full path, such as:


Also, when executing a remote script that you want to leave in the background even when disconnected, you might want to check out the nohup command.


Cheers.

Thanks!

BTW, you have a beautiful country. I spent some time in Kota Kinabalu in '99.

Cheers.