On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 11:49:38PM -0600, Rick Denis wrote:
> greetings,
>
> how can i see on my work computer the X windows that is running on my
> home computer? in other words, i want the X windows that is running in
> my home computer to display on my work computer so i can manipulate my
> home computer remotely from my office just as if i were at home sitting
> in front of my home computer. i hope that came out right :-)
>
> rick
First I'll make sure I understand your goal.
You want to run programs on you home computer, but have the gui
appear on your work computer?
There are two ways you can do this. ( I'm assuming you're running
some kind of machine with the X window system on _both_ ends.
1-
On your work machine
[rick@work]$xhost +name.of.home.machine
[rick@work]$telnet name.of.home.machine
Ricks Home Machine
Login: rick
Password:
(editors note: this next line shouldn't be nessisary)
[rick@home]$export DISPLAY=name.of.work.machine:0.0
[rick@home]$someXbasedProgramname
and poof it should appear on your screen. (This will be
painfully slow with anything less that ISDN at both ends,
and even w/ISDN (128k) won't be great.
2-
There are numerous security implications of the above.
You should look at ssh.(Secure Shell) It will provide
an encrypted connection for both text + xwindows programs
ftp://ftp.cis.fed.gov/pub/ssh/
you want version 1.2.27
It's really darn cool, provides integration with pgp
where I have to type 1 passphrase one time when I turn
my machine on, and I can connect to any computer I have
an account on(a bunch all over the place) without typing
a password again. And it's encrypted. neat stuff.
hope this helps
greg
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