[ale] launch programs over ssh into session?

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 21:55, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Jay, try this:
> 
> ssh momsmachine
> export DISPLAY=localhost:0
> xload &
> 
> and see if a white box pops up on your mom's display.  If so, you should 
> be able to substitute "xload &" with "any_X_program &".

And if you _really_ want to tick her off add the following to your
.bashrc after you setup ssh key login:

ssh momsmachine 
export DISPLAY=localhost:0
nohup xroaches &

She should pop a gasket if you load up 4-5 xterm windows on every screen
on your desktop.

This was a popular prank around the astronomy group when I was in grad
school. That and the "jive" filter on a rather "stiff" professors
incoming email. He thought he had had sent out a grant proposal to the
NSF in jive! BWAHAHA!
> 
> Best regards,
> CB
> 
> 
> 
> Jay Loden wrote:
> 
> >I have some machines I have ssh access to (e.g. my mother's machine).  I was 
> >wondering if there is anyway I could, for example, do something like launch a 
> >browser window (let's say konqueror, for example) and have it show up in her 
> >session.  
> >
> >I don't know much about how sessions are divided in Linux, so I'm not sure how 
> >this works.  If I want to open a copy of AbiWord on my mother's machine so 
> >she can see it launched, is there any way to do that via ssh? (not vnc, I 
> >know how to do that)
> >
> >If I log in as my mom and run a program, it automatically forwards the X 
> >windows to my machine where I'm sshed in, and I would prefer in some 
> >instances to open the window on her logged in session that's she's looking at 
> >in front of the screen. 
> >
> >-Jay
> >
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