What is the difference using -X or not?
I ssh from T1 (office) to 256k (home dsl) and can do fine on CLI. If I
type "nautilus", I get nautilus on the local running from the remote and
it takes a couple of minutes. What am I supposed to get if I
ssh -l me <ip> -X
because it doesn't seem to do anything different. Either that doesn't
matter or my ssh is not optimized.
tkinias@asu.edu wrote:
>scripsit George Gambill:
>
>
>>One brave sole (besides myself) is now using Linux (non-LTSP) desktop
>>(RH8). He seems to be doing fairly well but we do hit some bumps from
>>time to time requiring my attention. I could install VNC server on
>>his desktop so I could effect fixes from my machine. Is there a
>>better way??? We are behind a firewall so simplicity is more
>>important than security.
>>
>>
>
>I frequently just use SSH for this. I've got a buddy whose home Debian
>box I frequently help him troubleshoot, and there's little I can't do
>through SSH, especially with tunneled X.
>
>I'm typing this e-mail in an xterm running on one of my boxes at home,
>displaying on an X server at work. (I've got X apps from four different
>boxes on my desktop right now...) So long as the remote box's sshd is
>set to tunnel X and you remember the '-X' when you invoke the SSH
>client, it's trivial to use. It's also pretty secure, FWIW.
>
>IIRC VNC lets you actually take control of his desktop, so he can watch
>you move the mouse around and see what you're doing. That you can't do
>with vanilla SSH and X, but otherwise VNC seems like overkill.
>
>HTH,
>
>
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