RE: Running remote programs locally

["Andrew Clarke" <spam at clarke dot ca>]

Thanks for your response.  After reading the others' responses, this was
the final clincher for me.  It also helps me for times like now when I'm
working on some random wireless link (Starbucks, in this instance) and
I'm behind a proxy server or for some other reason can't refer to myself
by my IP.  This way I don't have to type xterm -display
some.random.ip.number:0 which of course doesn't work in this instance.

I do have one question though: why do I set my DISPLAY environment
variable on the same line as my ssh call?  What's the deal with that?

Thanks again,
- Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Gottwald
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:57
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Running remote programs locally


On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Andrew Clarke wrote:

> Hi.  I'm new to cygwin although I've been using Unix/Linux on and off
> for several years.  I have the full cygwin-xfree package loaded and
I'm 
> trying to ssh into my Linux computer and run applications locally.
So, 
> this is the process I go through:
> 
> Start bash shell
> Run 'xwin &'
> When it comes up, I 'ssh linuxcomputer' and enter my password

try DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 ssh -X linuxcomputer. This enables encrypted
X11 communication over the ssh channel. You will not require the xhost
call anymore.

bye
	ago