Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 08:58:08 +0000 From: Michael Fleming <mfleming@cryptomap.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x-window Message-ID: <20060203085808.GA926@cryptomap.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200602022149.17302.akbeech@alaskaparadise.com> References: <200602022149.17302.akbeech@alaskaparadise.com>
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--y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:48:56PM -0900, Beech Rintoul wrote: > I have sort of a newbie question. How do I connect to a remote machine wi= th=20 > x-windows and get a desktop? Could someone point me in the right directio= n as=20 > I've never had a need to to do it before. I do have ssh to the machine. >=20 > Beech > --=20 >=20 You'll have to export $DISPLAY=3Dx.x.x.x:0.0 so that the display on the remote machine is displayed on the local. You'll also have to forward X11 packets, check your ssh_conf so that "forward X11 yes". I use cygwin on my work laptop ( XP ) and a openvpn connection to my BSD machine then fire up the display on the XP machine. I did use just ssh and allowed only ssh from the outside to the BSD machine, but found that someone was trying to brute force the username and password so set up the openvpn. I feel a lot more comfortable with that, even though it's just my own private network. There's plenty of info on google to point you in the right direction. Mike >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 ****Michael Fleming***** mfleming@cryptomap.co.uk ****Free-BSD**** GnuPG Key Id 933B27E7 http://pgp.mit.edu/ --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD4xsgbIF5IpM7J+cRApiVAKCAXMcDQ4uNBrBgX7aego8D6to9+gCg2xjU f5/eyTEYTFxlg8Kv/PVmLns= =bJuq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6--
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