How can I access solaris PC remotly from windows PC (Remote Access as Administrator), do I need to enable anything in solaris?

I use the software cygwin for remote access to solaris. For more info about cygwin, Please access http://www.cygwin.com/. When installing Cygwin, you must install the ssh package for
remote access. Getting everthing installed is best if you can not confirm if the ssh package is installed. After starting the cygwin, please do as follows:

#startx
#xhost +
#ssh -X UserID@Remote_Server_Name or IP

Note that you must confirm if the remote server allows a ssh access.

How can I confirm that ssh has been installed with the package or not?

what I did :

man ssh,,,,,,,,,,output was: No manula entry for ssh,,,,that mean it has not been installed.

how can I install extra package if I want ?


2- The prompt command is "$", how can I changed to "#".

3- I tried startx,,,,,,,,,,,,the output was: "bash:startx: command not found".

For locating the ssh command:
1# whereis ssh
2# find / -name ssh -print


I am sorry that I gave you a wrong information. Maybe you download the Cygwin from the site I have given you. you should download Cywin/X from http://x.cygwin.com/. The X11 and Net package in Cygwin/X include Xorg library and openssh, respectively. Please check out.

II tried this from the link that you posted , but I am not sure if it is right icon to click or not, I click the setup in bold color (it gave same icon for the previous link!!!):

"Downloading and Installing

Install Cygwin/X now Cygwin/X is installed via Cygwin's setup.exe and the installation process is documented in the Cygwin/X User's Guide. Whether or not you already have Cygwin installed, you can add Cygwin/X to your installation by downloading the latest setup.exe, running setup, and selecting the 'xorg-x11-base' package from the 'X11' category.

Using Cygwin/X is documented in a step-by-step manner, with lots of pictures and examples, in the Cygwin/X User's Guide. Please notice, however, that Cygwin/X contains many general-purpose programs, libraries, and functions that are part of all X distributions. It is therefore beyond the scope of the Cygwin/X User's Guide to document all of these X Window System components. To find documentation, for example, for setxkbmap one should consult the generic X documentation such as the SETXKBMAP(1) manual page. You could always, of course, do a Google search for setxkbmap, which finds the manual page mentioned above"

I have installed Cygwin/X and can run the startx and ssh program for accessing the remote PC.

I have installed Cygwin, but I can not access what you said,,,do you have any idea where is the problem?

Zillah, I think you haven't installed Cygwin/X as UltraSoul is suggesting.
Have a look at: http://x.cygwin.com/ and
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cy...nstalling.html

Believe this is what I did

you can not run ssh and startx ?

I am downloading it again, I will let you know

Yes now I can startx.

How can I verify that server accept ssh?

I assume that you can login the remote server.
#xhost +
#ssh -X UserID@RemoteServer hostname or IP
#xterm &
if the error of "can not open display " occurs, The server may not enable X11Forwarding.

you must contact your network administrator.

If you have the super user right in Remote server , you can find out the sshd_config file for enabling the X11Forwarding. I am not sure the location of sshd_config.
# find / -name sshd_config -print
Please uncomment the line of X11Forwarding in sshd_config file and set X11Forwarding to Yes.

In solaris9, the defaul sshd location is /usr/local/etc/sshd_config which is for remote server configuration.
I solaris 10, I found that the default sshd location is /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
Please check out and confirm the X11Forwarding is set to Yes.

How can I configure (enable) ssh on the server ?

I found this file and it has already got X11 Forwarding uncomment this :

# X11 tunneling option
X11 Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11Uselocalhost yes


What I did : I wrote "startx" another windows (X~) pops up then:

I typed in (X~), "xhost +" it gave me this message:

access control disabled, clients can connect from any host

What should I use for UserID? is it the ID for the user which has been created on the server by administrator ?