From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 22 21:54:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC669106566B for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:54:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-153.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-153.bluehost.com [67.222.39.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9ABA38FC08 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 29914 invoked by uid 0); 22 Sep 2009 21:54:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by outboundproxy5.bluehost.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2009 21:54:51 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=jfng+Xxrg1cy5oMLIwx8IE0bx3Jt9wkDDhLiIqCNuTtXfzTWue/NC3Py7ybFc5S1mi36e9wR4cW4BDFUn8ZNmmPRVGIflCwa/PnzpIo9l66PqlRQ8vygIBcSHgZ2kXt/; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MqDJy-0004Rn-KR for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:54:51 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:47:48 -0600 Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:47:48 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090922214748.GC11305@guilt.Savvis> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090922190844.GA86183@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090922195142.GA87484@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LwW0XdcUbUexiWVK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090922195142.GA87484@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: network freebsd computers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:54:52 -0000 --LwW0XdcUbUexiWVK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:51:42PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 03:35:44PM -0400, Carmel NY wrote: > > > Typically I would be doing this sitting behind one of those machines > > > with the X window system running and a local terminal and a terminal > > > running ssh to the other machine open. > >=20 > > I have not experimented with that yet. If needed, would I be able to > > run a program that required a GUI on the remote machine, or would I > > need to install and load all the "X" programs also? >=20 > You can run a program on the remote machine and have it display on your l= ocal > machine. If you set the DISPLAY variable on the remote machine to point to > your local machine it should work, provided that you are not blocking the > ports used by X (6000-6063, IIRC). You can also use xon(1) to start an X > program on a remote machine. Keep in mind that not all X protocol extensi= ons > are supported over the network, though. You will need the X11 libraries o= n the > remote machine, but not the server. If you are connecting via ssh, you can > also configure that to allow X11 forwarding, if you want to keep the > connection secure. I keep X forwarding disabled in configuration and, when necessary, enable it for one specific connection using the -X option for SSH. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --LwW0XdcUbUexiWVK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkq5RgQACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWiVQCgh8tFMPLQqroz+Cd5Jzc4pE9g qFUAoPYtALxHiLIGzhO6PwEbOemxh8CR =1QcU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LwW0XdcUbUexiWVK--