On Mon, 3 May 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > At 10:01 AM 5/3/2004, you wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I installed Cygwin on a machine with Windows XP and started the service > >sshd. I would like to connect from another machine (client) via ssh, > >run a Windows application on the server and view the window on the > >client. I do not want to use vnc, I just want to run a single > >application, not the desktop of the server that is used by another > >user. > > > >I manage to connect via ssh but, when I try to open an application, > >like notepad, it does not appear on the client screen. > > Specify the '--interactive' flag to 'cygrunsrv' when you install 'sshd'.
This will only pop up notepad (or any other windowed application) on the *server's* desktop. What the OP wants is forwarding of individual graphical apps over ssh, and this can't be done with Windows apps. Perhaps a remote desktop solution of some sort will work. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/