ssh -x gui

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Sun Nov 1 21:04:04 UTC 2009


James Michael Fultz wrote:

> * Eugeneapolinary Ju <eugeneapolinary81 at yahoo.com> [2009-10-31 15:36
> -0700]:
>> I know I could start a GUI program with SSH, on a remote machine:
>> 
>> ssh -X SOMEONE at 192.168.56.101 /usr/bin/network-admin
>> 
>> but how can I get access to the "full" GUI? [because I don't want to
>> launch every program one-by-one]. :(
> 
> The short answer is that you can't. 

No, the short answer is that you can ...

> You may prefer the Remote Desktop feature if you really want access to
> the full remote desktop.

I think that's what he really wants :-)  For something tunneling over ssh, 
NX would be the solution.
-- 
derek





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