Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> Has anyone packaged the freenx server for 6.x yet? >> > aTrpms has them. It looks as if the stuff in ATrpms is not being maintained. The nx package required by freenx-server/client is dated 2007 (spec file) a

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/13/2011 3:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> John R Pierce wrote: >>> On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? >>> >>> I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me >>> such that I quite

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/13/2011 3:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? >> >> I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me >> such that I quite understand what it does. > >

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? > > I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me > such that I quite understand what it does. I use it all the time. -A forwards authentication, if y

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread John R Pierce
On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me such that I quite understand what it does. -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 07/13/11 10:18 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On 7/13/2011 11:55 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: >> >>> > So: sorry if my question wasn't precise enough, what I really wanted >>> to ask was: is there a way tu use a PackageKit GUI remotely via ssh? >> Ssh (-Y) in as root or 's

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread John R Pierce
On 07/13/11 10:18 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/13/2011 11:55 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > >> > So: sorry if my question wasn't precise enough, what I really wanted to >> > ask was: is there a way tu use a PackageKit GUI remotely via ssh? > Ssh (-Y) in as root or 'su -' before starting it.

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Les Mikesell wrote: > > Has anyone packaged the freenx server for 6.x yet? > aTrpms has them. Ljubomir ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/13/2011 11:55 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > >> So: sorry if my question wasn't precise enough, what I really wanted to >> ask was: is there a way tu use a PackageKit GUI remotely via ssh? > > Ssh (-Y) in as root or 'su -' before starting it. Whatever it is doing > to

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/13/2011 12:31 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Possible approach would be NX (Nomachine) or FreeNX client/server. >> Connection is via SHH but you get full GUI Access and sound and (local?) >> printer. >> NX server is easier to install

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/13/2011 12:31 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: >> In any case, pkcon is CLI and doesn't seem to bring much over yum. What >> I would like is to run a GUI such as gpk-application (the gnome >> PackageKit GUI) remotely, via ssh. For some use cases, I find a GUI is >>

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > In any case, pkcon is CLI and doesn't seem to bring much over yum. What > I would like is to run a GUI such as gpk-application (the gnome > PackageKit GUI) remotely, via ssh. For some use cases, I find a GUI is > quite useful for browsing and searching available pac

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/13/2011 11:55 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > So: sorry if my question wasn't precise enough, what I really wanted to > ask was: is there a way tu use a PackageKit GUI remotely via ssh? Ssh (-Y) in as root or 'su -' before starting it. Whatever it is doing to escalate permissions for the

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 07/13/2011 05:00 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use gnome PackageKit (gpk-application) on a centos 6 >> x86_64 system. >> When I am sitting at the machine it works ok, but most of the time I am >> accessing that C6 system via ssh from my ce

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/13/2011 05:00 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use gnome PackageKit (gpk-application) on a centos 6 > x86_64 system. > When I am sitting at the machine it works ok, but most of the time I am > accessing that C6 system via ssh from my centos 5 desktop. In this > scenario