[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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