Rick Lapp wrote:
> Just to clarify my diagram of what I'm trying to do.
>
> me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> gentoo_server(no X)@home
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I would like to ssh into the server at home (which the router points to
> and has no X) and then ssh into my desktop at home and start an X
> application (kmail).
OK. Disregard much of what I said before. I didn't know what I was talking
about.
I did some playing around with my own work/home situation, which is set up
just like yours. In summary, here's what (I think) I know:
1. I'm pretty sure that the problem isn't with the routers. You probably
have something like a Linksys that is forwarding port 22 directly to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] So when you ssh to my.own.domain.net (which is
actually your router), it just forwards the packets directly to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (which probably has an 192.168.*.* address).
2. In theory, I don't think you should have to have X installed on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] But for the life of me, I don't know how to make it
work. I've tried all sorts of -R and -L settings with ssh, but I can't get
the x-client ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to recognize it. Some other folks might be
able to shed some light on this.
3. If you install X on [EMAIL PROTECTED], it will definitely make it
easier. It becomes a matter of just doing two ssh connections with the -X
flag. I tried this on my home network with a knoppix box running in the
middle.
4. An alternative would be to run a vnc server on [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e.g.
RealVNC and TightVNC... both are in portage.) I was able to make this
work. I used ssh's port forwarding on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] to make it
work... and [EMAIL PROTECTED] didn't need X.
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