Dan Track wrote: > On 11/9/06, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> El Jueves, 9 de Noviembre de 2006 13:14, Dan Track escribió: >> > Hi >> > >> > I'd like to open an application on to an X session running remotely, I >> > don't want to export it anywhere. Can somebody tell me how I can do >> > that? For example lets say the programs are gedit and firefox. >> > >> > Thank in advance >> > Dan >> >> It's quite easy using ssh -X and on /etc/ssh/sshd_config you should >> add the >> line: X11Forwarding yes >> >> I think i misunderstood you, why you don't want to export that >> X-Session to >> your localhost? Do you want to firefox, for instance, to run on the >> remote >> X-Session? >> -- >> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. > > Hi > > Thanks for the reply. Sorry I guess I didn't make myself clear, lets > say we have teh following: > > host1 host2 > > I want the user on host2 to ssh to host1, then run say gedit which > will opne up on the xdisplay the user has running on host1. Do you > know how to do this? > > Thanks > Dan > After you ssh to host1, you will need to ether set DISPLAY. Or you will need to use the -display option when you start the program. export DISPLAY=:0 or xterm -display :0 & This will only work for when you are logged into host1 as the user that is logged into X on that machine, or if you have disabled X security on host1. (See the xhost command - it has to be run in X on host1.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
