If you have already setup an ssh connection to your remote machine, then getting the X11 client application (on the remote) to show up on your (local) diplay is easy.
CAVEAT: THIS IS THE INSECURE METHOD THE SSH PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WARNING ABOUT.
Before you login to the remote machine make sure your X11 server (Note: the server runs the display, not the programs, clients, or applications.), make sure it is listening for TCP connections. MANY X11 display managers have this turn OFF by default, John has shown how to do this in his article for gdm (gnome)
I use icewm, so I just use startx(1). As such, the following is at the end of my .login file.
echo Starting X in 3 seconds sleep 3 startx -listen_tcp
Next, login to the remote machine and at the commandline enter:
$ export DISPLAY=192.168.123.100:0.0
then test your connection with
$ xterm
Then rather than hardcode the display add the following to your .chsrc or .bashrc file:
if [ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ] then X=`echo $SSH_CLIENT | cut -f 1 -d " "` # The insecure way #export DISPLAY=$X:0.0 # The secure way if [ "$X" = "192.168.123.100" ] then export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:1 fi #echo X $X fi
NOTE #1: Substitute your domainname or your IP for 192.168.123.100.
NOTE #2: Your SSH shell/terminal will not close, if you have an X application running the secure way.
NOTE #3: This method is extremely useful, if you have control of your firewall.
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Albert Einstein = TEN ELITE BRAINS
Microsoft = IS COMFORT
Microsoft Windows = I'D WOW CONFORMISTS
Microsoft Windows Xp = WORM DOWNS PC, SO FIX IT
Microsoft Word = IFORMWORST.DOC
Microsoft Office = IS OF COMIC EFFORT
Microsoft Vista = FASCIST OR VOMIT
Microsoft Windows Vista = OVATIONS WORM SWIFT DISC
Microsoft Windows seven = NOW SNOW-COVERED MISFITS
Sun Microsystems = COSTS MESS - MY RUIN
Sunsoft = NOT FUSS
Freebsd Unix = BURNED FIXES
Netbsd unix = BID NEXT SUN
Openbsd Unix = INDEX UP SNOB
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Gnu's Not Unix = UNSUNG TOXIN & SIX GUN ON NUT
Sourceforge = OGRE OF CURSE & FORCE ROGUES
Debian Linux = I ANNEX BUILD
Redhat Linux OS = Dear! Lush Toxin = IN HOARD EXULTS
Fedore Core OS = FREE CODE OR SO
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Linus Torvalds = STUN AVID ROLLS
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Domain Registry Service = REVENGES TRIM IDIOCRASY & I'M ANGRIEST RE-DISCOVERY
Boarder Gateway Protocol = COWPAT OR DEROGATORY ABLE
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T One Line = NON-ELITE
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Messages In Anagrams = A MASSAGER MANGINESS
massage is to manipulate
manginess is defined as Mean; contemptible
Before we can get started you must enable your local X Server to recieve from the network.
To do this in Linux in edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
Change:
#DisallowTCP=true DisallowTCP=false
You will need to reboot your Linux box or restart the X-server which is more then I care to try to explain here.
ssh -R 6001:127.0.0.1:6000 sokol@remote.host.name
sokol@192.168.1.116's password: xxxxx Last login: Fri Apr 1 12:04:48 2005 from 192.168.1.108
[sokol@localhost ~]$ xterm -display 127.0.0.1:1
-- THEN an Xterm will pop-up on your local machine.
If you install cygwin on your windows PC this will also work using the X server in cygwin, or my favorate is using Hummingbird Exceed ( I have an ancient copy I use) on windows but over the ssh on Cygwin
Works great. I can run synaptic remotely and almost all X-apps that don't do high end graphics like games or video.
