You are right Nigel. Telnet is not secure but ssh will not let you down. Regards, Sundar. On 12/2/05, Nigel Wade <nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sundarapandian A wrote: > > There is one more easy way of doing this. Just follow the steps below > > > > 1) Make sure you have XFree86 with cygwin is installed on your XP, ssh > > is available on XP machine <you can use telnet also>, X server is > > running on linux/unix host, sshd is running on linux/unix host. > > 2) Make sure your <cygwin dir>/usr/X11R6/bin is specified in PATH then > > start X Windows using the command "XWin.exe -fullscreen -clipboard > > -unixkill -nowinkill" > > 3) Now you will get XWindows sceen without any applications or window > > (You can use ALT+TAB to switch between windows and XWindows) > > 4) Start xterm on your XP machine (terminal will appear on xwindow screen) > > 5) On the command prompt of xterm say "xhost <linux/unix server name or IP>" > > 6) Now on xterm type the command "ssh <username@linux/unix > > servername>" enter password to complete the login > > 7) On the xterm now type "export DISPLAY=<windows XP hostname/IP>:0.0 > > 8) Now on xterm execute "startkde &" > > 9) Boooom!! now you'll see KDE on your XP machine!!!! > > Boooom!! - anyone else who can login to your Linux box can see everything you > do, and type. Only do this if security isn't an issue for you. > > -- > Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group, > University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK > E-mail : nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Trinity: Maybe we did something wrong. Neo: Or didn't do something. Morpheus: No, what happened happened and couldn't have happened any other way. Neo: How do you know? Morpheus: We are still alive.
