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Remote X From Winblows

SETUP

installing cygwin

Run the cygwin installer (setup.exe)
Make sure to install the following packages:

install X/xorg-x11-xwin
install net/openssh
install editors/vim

Running in multiwindow mode make sapinst not refresh right, so we will run windowmaker instead
edit /usr/X11r6/bin/startx
in defaultserverargs remove -multiwindow
run wmaker.inst to get windowmaker ready

USAGE -old way

Getting the X server started and linux connecting to it

start cygwin shell.

startx

-> new xterm starts, go into it

xhost + #(to allow remote connection)
ssh b2ctst.pcf.com -l root

-> connects to b2ctst

export DISPLAY=10.10.1.194:0 #(our local machine ip, where we run cygwin/X)

You can now start any X command (ie: sterm, xload, sapinst ... etc ...)

USAGE - new way

ssh -X is safer that using Xhost + (and the xhost+ is disabled by default in some newer Xserver versions/distros)
So we can use for example:

ssh fileserver -l toto -X

Or to run right away some commands for example:
ssh fileserver -l root -X ’cd /tmp; sudo ls'

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