Re: Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Harish Pillay
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Alex wrote: > Hi, > >>> What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to >>> display on as local system? > ... > >> Here's what I do: >> local machine: ssh -YC usern...@remotemachine.com > > I tried "ssh -X u...@host" and that appeared to work fine.

Re: Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Chris Tyler
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 13:53 -0500, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > >> What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to > >> display on as local system? > ... > > > Here's what I do: > > local machine: ssh -YC usern...@remotemachine.com > > I tried "ssh -X u...@host" and that appeared to w

Re: Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Alex
Hi, >> What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to >> display on as local system? ... > Here's what I do: > local machine: ssh -YC usern...@remotemachine.com I tried "ssh -X u...@host" and that appeared to work fine. What is the difference between these two commands? Will I

Re: Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Harish Pillay
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 10:32 -0500, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to > display on as local system? > > I'm trying to get system-config-services to run on a remote FC14 > x86_64 system to my local FC13 x86_64 system. It's on a local internal > ne

Re: Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 10:32 -0500, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to > display on as local system? > > I'm trying to get system-config-services to run on a remote FC14 > x86_64 system to my local FC13 x86_64 system. It's on a local internal >

Re: Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:32:05 -0500 Alex wrote: > Also, how can I do this across the Internet? Wrap it in ssh? Ssh X forwarding is the simplest solution. If you want GUI access over a long latencty network connection you might want to investigate freenx. To get direct display access on the LAN you

Remote X display access

2011-01-02 Thread Alex
Hi, What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to display on as local system? I'm trying to get system-config-services to run on a remote FC14 x86_64 system to my local FC13 x86_64 system. It's on a local internal network. I've tried setting the display and allowing access usi