ssh -x gui

Steve Reilly sfreilly at roadrunner.com
Sat Oct 31 23:21:37 UTC 2009


Eugeneapolinary Ju wrote:
> 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 man of ssh say's I should use "ssh -Y", because it's more secure.
> 
> Has anyone has any tips for it?
> 
> 
if your looking to view someone elses desktop, you want to use remote
desktop, apps>internet>remote desktop.  you need to enable remote
desktop on the host computer first though.  system>pref>remote desktop.




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