On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 18:42, LS wrote: > Hi Felix et al: > > I am still confused. > > >From Putty I see no X forwarding > option. >
If you are using VNC, then you don't want X forwarding, it's a different thing. You just want plain TCP/IP port forwarding over which you use the VNC protocol. > I also have teraterm. How do I > start the commands from my Windows > machine being the client to the server ? > I don't know, but Putty can definitely do it. > Also vncserver is not always > running. I have to start it after I connect > via SSH. Is it meant to be always up on a > server ? > Not necessarily, but it might be easier that way in the long run. > The way I understand now is as follows: > > 1. Connect to the server via SSH; > 2. Start vncserver on the Linux server; > 3. Using Teraterm or Putty from Windows sends some > syntax commands to open up a port for listening; > 4. Fire up vncviewer on the Windows client > and connect using the port using some syntax. > Step 1 and 3 can be combined, i.e. you start the ssh session with the port forwarding active to start with. > If these steps are correct, I need to know the > syntax for Windows for Teraterm for step 3. > > Anyone uses Windows as their client to connect ? > Not me sorry. Felix <snip> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
