Running GUI apps via SSHD and Cygwin X?

[Tim Koenig]

>I have a remote Windows 2000 box I want to run GUI apps from (such as
>Netscape, UsrMgr, and anything else) and onto which I have successfully
>installed SSHD.
>
>From the source machine with X capabilities, once I ssh in and send the
>display back my way, how can I run the GUI app?

As others have said, this is not possible, and you need other software to accomplish that task with normal Win32-applications.

The most common solution is Symantec's PCAnywhere (commercial software), a free, but less powerful alternative could be VNC (see http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ ). Both use a completely different technique than X and are (usually) not as fast.

A more sophisticated solution could be Microsoft's Windows NT Terminal Server.

I just wanted to point you into the right direction, please don't reply to the list.

 - Tim


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