On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 09:28, Rudi Starcevic wrote: > Is it bad practise to use X on your Debian ISP/Hosting machines ? > Here I have 4 boxes all without X. I've always been of the impression > X on servers was not good.
It's not a terrible thing to do, unless you forget to correctly firewall your machines. :-) > I have one box, a database server - PostgreSQL, which has a cool TCL > monitoring app. > I'm interested in using. This GUI app. monitors server load and running > queries etc. > I'll need to install X in order to use it - which I'm not sure is such a > good idea. You don't need to install an X server on the local machine to use it. If you install the tcl app, and ssh to the box using X forwarding (-X), you can display the program on your own local X server. [ desktop ] --> [ firewall ] --> [ db-server ] X server ssh ssh no X server Fully encrypted, secure access to X software on your db-server, without running (or even having) a full X server on the machine. :-) - Jeff -- Systems Administrator Flow Communications p: +612 9263 5052 f: +612 9263 5050 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
