X forwarding

[Lucas Peet]

You need an Xserver on the workstation.  If this is a Linux box, no 
problem, if it's a Windows box, you'll need to use something like 
Hummingbird Exceed or Xwin32.  (Xwin32 can be downloaded for a 30 day 
trial.)  I then use an SSH client (usually the one that's free for 
non-commercial use from ssh.com or PuTTY) to forward X.  Then, I tell 
the Xserver on the workstation that the Xclient is on the local host. 
 SSH will forward this request back to the server box and run any X 
program I want and display it on my workstation.

Want the whole desktop?  Just run 'startkde', and that will load (and 
forward) the entire KDE desktop to your remote box.

Sorry if this sounds confusing - the people who made Xwindows were 
thinking backwards when they decided what to call the X 'server' and X 
'client'.

-Lucas

Duane Attaway wrote:

>On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Duane Attaway wrote:
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>>On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Brad Crotchett wrote:
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>>>3. What does it take to forward an entire X session so I can have a
>>>remote X session (workstation to workstation)?  Obviously X must be
>>>installed on the remote box.  Does it have to be running?  What is the
>>>best way to set that up?
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>>You wish to have an X server forwarded to another X server?  Interesting.  
>>I usually export X clients to the X server (workstation, heh...) one by 
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>Yes, you can export a window manager to your workstation.  From there, you
>should be able to run everything on your "sever" to be displayed on your X
>server, or workstation.  This would be...interesting.
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