Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-09 Thread yudi v
You have two (or more) computers connected to each other. I'm assuming they are also connected to the Internet somehow (you didn't mention). If you trust every other computer (and users) in your internal network *and* you trust your protection from the Internet, then you don't need SSH.

Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 14:23:56, yudi v wrote: As the computers are only few meters apart, I dont think a SSH connection is needed. Distance is irrelevant, but rather how the network itself is shielded from the outside. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and

Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-08 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: yudi v To: Debian users mailing list Sent: 3/8/2012 4:23:56 AM Subject: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC Hi all, I am trying to forward X from a Debian PC (laptop) to windows 7 pc (desktop) without using SSH. Will either use xming or mobaxterm

Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-08 Thread yudi v
IIRC there is a version requirement for Samba to play nice with W7.  Google for Samba and Windows 7 Larry The only issue I have with Samba right now is that I have to authenticate from windows every time I reboot either of my systems. Is there a way to stop this. -- Kind regards, Yudi --

Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-08 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: yudi v To: ow...@netptc.net Cc: Debian users mailing list Sent: 3/8/2012 10:44:16 PM Subject: Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC IIRC there is a version requirement for Samba to play nice with W7. Google for Samba and Windows 7 Larry

Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-08 Thread yudi v
Do you have a non-Win 7 (e.g. XP) that you can try to see if it exhibits the same behavior?  This would probably identify the culprit end Sorry, don't. I am guessing I might have missed a setting somewhere. -- Kind regards, Yudi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-08 Thread yudi v
Distance is irrelevant, but rather how the network itself is shielded from the outside. Kind regards, Andrei I am not sure what you are implying here. I am not changing any network settings nor am I opening up any ports expect when I run xserver on windows. All I am trying to do is use

X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC

2012-03-07 Thread yudi v
Hi all, I am trying to forward X from a Debian PC (laptop) to windows 7 pc (desktop) without using SSH. Will either use xming or mobaxterm on windows 7 pc After some research, it looks like it can be done by copying the X server cookie over to the windows 7 PC. then use the following command