[ale] You should be using SSH ControlMaster. Was: SSH Tunnel and Agent Question

[Paul Cartwright]

On Mon September 21 2009, Matt Rideout wrote:
> If you want full desktop sharing, try an NX client and server. Those
> generally run a lot more smoothly than VNC. If you just want to be able
> to run individual X apps remotely:

nomachine server/client.. looking/downloading now.
I'll check it out!

>
> 1. Make sure you have a running X instance on your local system (X11
> under OS X, xming under Windows)
> 2. Make sure that the SSH server's /etc/ssh/sshd_config allows for X11
> sessions. There should be an "X11Forwarding yes" line
> 3. Connect to the remote system with X11 forwarding enabled on the
> client side via -X, ie "ssh -X me at servername"
> 4. Start up the apps that you want to run from the command line, ie
> "xterm &"

already had the X11Forwarding yes. I do use ssh almost daily.. mostly from my 
windows laptop to my desktop, using key/login.


thanks!

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Paul Cartwright
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