Cygwin Remote: Want to implement a Citrix Metaframe alternative

[Harold L Hunt II]

Thomas,

Yes, that is an excellent answer and it describes an elegant solution 
that 99% of people would not be able to come up with on their own.  I am 
flagging it for inclusion into the User's Guide.  Of course, that 
doesn't mean it will be in the User's Guide next week, or even next 
month, but it will eventually get there.

Harold

Thomas Chadwick wrote:
> 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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