[H-GEN] Question
Jason Henry Parker
jasonp at uq.net.au
Sat Aug 28 00:10:08 EDT 1999
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Martin Pool <martinp at mincom.com> writes:
> The simplest and most secure way by far is to use ssh. It gives you a
> secure remote login method, and also automatically sets up display
> forwarding. So, you should be able to write something like
>
> mydisplay$ ssh myhost xeyes
>
> I think that's the right syntax.
If you're just sshing over to start some X program, then it's best to
do:
myotherhost$ ssh -f overthere xeyes
That will make the ssh exit, but leave the port forwarding open and
running as soon as the program has mapped to the display.
jason
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