Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:25:13 -0700 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <20050404032513.GA4192@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr> References: <1443267912.20050212215132@wanadoo.fr> <200502121359.53523.bulliver@badcomputer.org> <992422833.20050213024853@wanadoo.fr> <00c101c51170$19af5ee0$4300a8c0@ostros> <D3D52C02-7D73-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <909006882.20050213085459@wanadoo.fr> <CEFB4302-7D97-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <1466272619.20050213093053@wanadoo.fr> <AAC19B0E-7D9A-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr>
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--jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:53:12AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: >=20 > > You can install the X libraries and client apps on your server -- this > > works fine at secure level 3 and does not require kernel configurations > > changes or special daemons or anything. What it allows you to do is=20 > > then link software against the X libraries and then redirect the=20 > > display to your workstations X server. This meets your criteria and=20 > > can be handy for certain things. Your apps still run in userland only > > and there is no HW touching stuff. You are not running the X Server on > > your FBSD Server machine. >=20 > I'll consider it, although it still sounds complicated. >=20 > What do I gain from X that I don't already have with remote terminal > sessions like those created with SecureCRT? I know it looks pretty, but > what server-related things can I do with X that I cannot do with > ordinary terminals? I'm not aware of anything right now; it seems that > everything can be done from a command line (thank goodness--working with > Windows is a nightmare precisely _because_ so many things cannot be done > from a command line). Ethereal vs. tcpdump. This is the biggest reason why I have X libraries on my firewall. I don't actually run an X server on it or even have a screen on it, but I forward X11 over ssh to the client I'm working on. >=20 > --=20 > Anthony >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2 =20 --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCULOZbTXoRwEYo9IRAlXrAJ9fI49OtxGx9sHh2eoYlk3oc7tAgwCeIWeX rd6wlljJ2RqktA9QB/CHeY4= =D3+o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--
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