Thanks Mark. Ed
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:31:36AM -0600, Ed wrote:
I need to redirect an X application on a Debian box to run on another system running cygwin X. I managed to start X on the cygwin machine. I telneted to the remote Debian box. Now I want to invoke an application and have it displayed on my cygwin X (client?) On the debian box I know I need to do something like xhost +192.168.2.50 (the cygwin machine) set DISPLAY=192.168.2.50:0.0 I'm not quite getting it. Can someone set me straight?
A much better method is to use ssh with the -X option. You need to make sure that the ssh on the debian box is set up to allow X forwarding (check the /etc/ conf files for ssh). Then just do: ssh -l your_user_name -X debian.box You'll have to enter your password, then just start up the application as you would normally, and it'll display on the cygwin box. There is a ssh option to compress, which could be useful if you have powerful boxes and a low-speed link between them. You should avoid the xhost method unless you're 110% sure that you cannot be hacked. -- Mark Kent -- Ed
