Cygwin Remote: Want to implement a Citrix Metaframe alternative

[Thomas Chadwick]

Yup.  Works like a charm!  I use a version of the scheme described below 
every day to get an X session on my Thinkpad served up by my RS/6000. (Can 
you guess who I work for?)  I have the monitor from my RS/6000 side-by-side 
with my Thinkpad, and run x2x to effectively give me a dual-headed X 
Session.

>From: Jean-Claude Gervais <jc.gervais@videotron.ca>
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: RE: Cygwin Remote: Want to implement a Citrix Metaframe 
>alternative
>Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:25:01 -0400
>
>Whoah!
>
>	Does that actually work Thomas?
>
>	Slick!
>
>	Thanks for the tip! I may not have originally asked the question, but I 
>can
>definitely use your solution!
>
>	Thanks again.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com 
>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
>Behalf Of Thomas Chadwick
>Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:09 PM
>To: choice15@gmx.de; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: Cygwin Remote: Want to implement a Citrix Metaframe 
>alternative
>
> >From: <choice15@gmx.de>
> >Reply-To: <choice15@gmx.de>
> >To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> >Subject: Cygwin Remote: Want to implement a Citrix Metaframe alternative
> >Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:41:45 +0200
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I am a Newbee to the X11 System (ok i can  configure an compiled it) but,
> >the Steps for Remote Working (like an ICA Metraframe Client) for
> >Cygwin/Xfree86 is
> >not really easy.
> >
> >In Think i have two choices:
> >
> >1)
> >Remoteauthentication via the Remote Dektopmanager Control Protocol,
> >(But Everyon tells me it is complex an still unsecure?)
> >
> >2)
> >Using the "sure" way over an OpenBSD SSH-Shell
> >(thins is the actually configuration, but not a Release Candidate.
> >
> >The SSH way works fine, but the Problem is the Logon Interface (Bash 
>shell)
> >add xhost, DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0.0; export DISPLAY startkde (catch an
> >Error)
> >
> >Wow! My Boss is killing me for this nasty Way.
> >
> >Ok, iam a Programmer, and i think (write a little Windows Application for
> >Logon to
> >the X-Remote Server (but still the non-interactive SSH Shell is bugging 
>me.
> >
> >(I have read from "empty Keyphrase Trick"???)
> >
> >Ok Guys, what the best and fastest Way (non commercial, Software must be
> >free)?
>
>
>I think I follow what you're trying to do in #2 above.  May I suggest the
>following?
>
>On the remote system, create a shell script which contains something like
>the following:
>
>   #!/bin/sh
>
>   # Launch an Xterm (run in the pack ground)
>   xterm -title `whoami`@`hostname` &
>
>   # Launch WindowManager (run in the foreground)
>   mwm
>
>On the local (Cygwin) system, create a shell script that contains something
>similar to the following, and save it as .xinitrc in your home directory:
>
>   #!/bin/sh
>
>   ssh  -X  remoteusername@remotehostname  pathtoremotescript
>
>The "pathtoremotescript" is referring to the script on the remote system I
>suggested above.
>
>On the local (Cygwin) system, edit the file .bash_profile in your home
>directory and add /usr/X11R6/bin to your path:
>
>   export PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
>Finally, on the Cygwin system, create a Windows shortcut with the following
>target:
>
>   C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -c "xinit -- -nodecoration"
>
>When you double click the shortcut, the following sequence of events will
>happen:
>
>1) Windows will run bash.  The --login parameter tells it to source your
>.bash_profile file, adding /usr/X11R6/bin to your PATH.
>2) Bash will run xinit, which will start up the X server, then source the
>.xinitrc file.
>3) .xinitrc will execute ssh.
>4) ssh will connect to the remote system and prompt you for a password.  It
>will then enable X11 Forwarding, assign the appropriate value to DISPLAY,
>and will execute the remote shell script.
>5) The remote shell script will run, launching an xterm and window manager
>which will appear on your Cygwin X server screen.
>6) Close things down by quitting the window manager on the remote system or
>by killing the Cygwin X server with Alt-F4.
>
>
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