On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 05:08:13AM -0700, Nate Cole wrote:
>Here's a question for all you X experts. We use Linux as
>Workstations and Unix for servers here at work. For remote
>xterm-ing, there are two different scenarios:
>
>1. rsh server xterm (assuming DISPLAY is set properly on
>server user account to point to the workstation)
>2. xterm -e rlogin server (xterm is local Linux)
Use ssh/rlogin, not rsh/rlogin. It's easier to start X clients
on local and remote machines since one doesn't have to worry
about DISPLAY and xhosts. It's also secure (I didn't say more
because the ``r'' commands aren't).
To start a remote xterm:
ssh -f systemname /usr/bin/X11/xterm
To run the xterm locally logging into the remote system
xterm -e slogin systemname &
I usually do the first on the LAN, and the second when I'm going across a
slower link (BTW ssh uses compression on the connection which is a big win
running X clients over slower links).
I'm answering this e-mail in an xterm running on one of our
internal machines on Mercer Island, and I'm in Santa Cruz at
Caldera forum. The performance is extremely good.
Bill
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