I looked for: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/twm/system.twmrc and can only find a .../mwm/system.mwmrc
Is there a relationship between mwm and twm? Can I use the mwm file instead of the twm file? I have gotten the RSA keys set up and working. My machine is in a secure area (home, no kids, no visitor access). The remote machine is also secure from general access. regards, D. J. Foreman website: http://WWW.CS.Binghamton.EDU/~foreman -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Chadwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: need help scripting multiple xfree startups >From: "Dennis Foreman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: need help scripting multiple xfree startups >Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 14:30:18 -0400 > [snip] > >I need to repeat this 8 more times for each of 8 different machines. Is >there some way of automating this? (Yes, I know a script will do it. I need >some detailed help on what to put in the script.) Especially eliminating >having to type a pw every time There is plenty of information about this in the ssh man page. Here's a quick recipe: 1) Open a Cygwin bash window and cd into ~/.ssh (if the directory doesn't exist, create it). 2) Run "ssh-keygen -t rsa1". Accept the default filename of ~/.ssh/identity and use a blank passphrase. PROTECT THIS FILE! Anyone who gets ahold of it can use it as if they were you and gain access to systems without a password or passphrase. Consider yourself warned! 3) FTP the resulting file named identity.pub onto each of the target systems and put it in /tmp (DO NOT put it in ~/.ssh). 4) On each remote system, append the contents of the identity.pub file to the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys: cat /tmp/identity.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys 5) At this point, you should be able to ssh to each remote system and get in without being prompted for a password. >and clicking to establish the Xwindow on the >X desktop. > >regards, >D. J. Foreman >website: http://WWW.CS.Binghamton.EDU/~foreman I'd say you've already figured out most of this part. To automatically launch an xterm and have it run a command on a remote machine, put the following command in your favorite X startup script (e.g. startxwin.bat, startxwin.sh, or .xinitrc) in the same section where you see other xterms being launched (I've put backslashes to indicate that this should all be on 1 line): ssh -X -l remote_username remote_hostname \ xterm -title "remote_username@remote_hostname" \ -e remote_command If you're putting this in startxwin.bat, you may need to preceed it with "run" or "start" (I don't know for sure, I don't use that script). If you're putting it in startxwin.sh or .xinitrc, append an ampersand ("&") to the end. Want it to act on 8 other machines? Repeat the same command 8 more times with a different value for remote_machine each time. As for getting the xterm to place itself on your screen without having to click: If you're using the default Window Manager twm, copy the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/twm/system.twmrc to ~/.twmrc. Then edit ~/.twmrc and add "RandomPlacement" on a line by itself towards the top of the file just after the comments. If you're using some other window manager, then consult its man page. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com