Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:00:27 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd08@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x session Message-ID: <839aec700712301900u5dbde37pb310cefe8c735aee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200712302016.53770.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> References: <200712241005.45959.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <539c60b90712270035m591d1709g107e48fff9d9caee@mail.gmail.com> <200712302016.53770.freebsd08@dfwlp.com>
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On Dec 30, 2007 7:16 PM, Jonathan Horne <freebsd08@dfwlp.com> wrote: > On Thursday 27 December 2007 02:35:05 am Steve Franks wrote: > > Perhaps I misunderstand, but I use x11vnc on the 'server' and > > vncviewer or tightvnc on the 'client'. There are several pages to > > google on tunneling it thru ssh, and it's much better with latency > > than sending x iteslf over ssh, I'm told. If you start x11vnc with no > > options, it will export the current session/desktop, but there is a > > switch to have it spawn a new x session also. All the other vnc ports > > only spawn new sessions, and I usually use it to help my wife fix > > problems when I'm away at the office ;) > > > > Best, > > Steve > > well ultimately, im looking for something that i can operate a headless server > with. the server itself wouldnt be pre-logged into any x session (be it kde, > gnome, xfce or whatever), so thats why im trying to get its x session into a > window of my local desktop. There is the XDMCP option, which allows you to remotely connect to an X display manager for full, remote display sessions. This isn't regarded to be a secure solution by most people. If your remote system is a server, do you have a need for remote desktop access? If you have one or two X applications on the remote server, could you just get by with SSH X11 forwarding to access those applications from your management station's display? DS
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