xwindows in ssh session

ravneetsoin · 08-12-2004, 12:00 PM

hi there
anyway i can open the graphics display within n ssh session or a telnet session??

ky-lab_rat · 08-12-2004, 01:18 PM

only slight menu support. A good remote desk to use is cygwin. Its free and works well. Check out the docs for it.
For remote X you will need to edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and change the

[xdmcp]
Enable=false

---to---

[xdmcp]
Enable=true

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My 2 cents..

ToniT · 08-12-2004, 05:59 PM

If you run ssh from other linux machine (or from any machine having XServer, eg. W with cygwin would do), starting the ssh session with -X parameter, eg. ssh -X foo@bar.com, you should have X forwarding enabled and thus could start any graphical programs remotely.

For X Forwarding to work, it has to be enabled from /etc/X11/ssh/sshd_config with line
"X11Forwarding yes".