On 2001-02-22 10:58 +0100, Joseph Dane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andre> Talking about ssh, could somebody point out the steps > Andre> necessary in order to export a remote host's display to my > Andre> local machine via, if possible from scratch...? Sorry if this > Andre> is a stupid question. > > do you mean that you want to run program on the remote machine and > have them display on your local machine? if so, you should be able to > do > > local> ssh -X remote > remote> xlogo > > there are configuration options you can set for ssh to have it > automatically forward X connections, so you don't have to specify the > '-X' option. note also that if your .bashrc (or whatever) on the > remote machine sets the DISPLAY variable, then this won't work. > joe
So I have to stop a running X server first, then do the ssh command? -Andre
