[lug] Newbie X-window questions

[John Starkey]

Someone recommended remote-X over ssh to me. I don't know anything else
about it, haven't gotten to try it out yet or even to find out what
exactly it is.  Just thought I'd pass on the info.

John

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Warren Sanders wrote:

> On Wed, 9 May 2001, Glenn Murray wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 08:49:50 -0600 (MDT)
> > From: Glenn Murray <gmurray at Mines.EDU>
> > Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > To: Boulder Linux User's Group <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> > Subject: [lug] Newbie X-window questions
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > If I have two Linux boxes, say "remote" and "local", then how do I
> > open a window from remote on local?
> >
> > Is this secure?  I mean, if I have ssh telnet connectivity between the
> > boxes, can I open X-windows via ssh?  How much better is this?
> >
> > Glenn Murray
> > www.mines.edu/~glenn/public_html/Welcome.html
> >
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>
> If you have a faster net access between the two then you can use a better
> encryption method with ssh (BTW ssh is not telnet).  For slower service,
> use a lower encryption method.
>
> It is possible BTW over ssh!  A quick search in the archives
> http://archive.lug.boulder.co.us for "DISPLAY and/or export" will show
> you what your looking for.
>
>