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Re: Running remote programs locally
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:57:21 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: Running remote programs locally
- References: <3F4CDA37.5020003@clarke.ca>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Andrew Clarke wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to cygwin although I've been using Unix/Linux on and off
> for several years. I have the full cygwin-xfree package loaded and I'm
> trying to ssh into my Linux computer and run applications locally. So,
> this is the process I go through:
>
> Start bash shell
> Run 'xwin &'
> When it comes up, I 'ssh linuxcomputer' and enter my password
try DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ssh -X linuxcomputer. This enables encrypted
X11 communication over the ssh channel. You will not require the xhost
call anymore.
bye
ago