25 září 2005

Remote X connection

It's possible to run X application remotelly.

First an X server should be started on local machine
Linux - xserver or X
Windows - CygwinX - http://x.cygwin.com/

Optionally allow connection to your XServer from remote machine
xhost +
check firewalls etc.

Connect to your remote machine
ssh -Y

Optionally set your DISPLAY variable to point back to your local machine
export DISPLAY=10.0.0.1:0.0

Start your X application
xclock

Other information on mini HOWTO http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/xauth.html