Running remote programs locally
Harold L Hunt II
huntharo@msu.edu
Wed Aug 27 16:26:00 GMT 2003
Unless you *really* know what you are doing, in which case you are on
your own, then you are doing the wrong thing with ssh and X clients.
The proper procedure is described in the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-apps-ssh
Harold
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
> Through vncserver at my root prompt of my linux computer, I type 'xhost
> +windowscomputer'. I did the same with my windows computer's IP address
> just to be sure.
> >From the xwin ssh window to my linux computer, I type something simple
> like 'xterm -display windowscomputer:0' and I get the following error:
>
> Xlib: Connection to "windowscomputer:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> I think I got xterm to work once a few days ago but since I don't have
> it working now I'm not even sure about that. I have never been able to
> get anything like Mozilla or Evolution to run though.
>
> This is supposed to work, right? Does anybody have any ideas about what
> I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> - Andrew Clarke.
>
>
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