From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 03:00:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DDF916A419 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:00:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phatbuckett@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0784E13C45B for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phatbuckett@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so7743458waf.3 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:00:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=YzO6Pi4IrCdHndrYw4iqjBpKf6xIaU1acrEst0uOumw=; b=rDy9qDoVry8WB9mSEyrnFEbPce3xd+2BMCSJ3Zd1Bnj5U7EBMw0HztYqiuZuF+4ThkTpf7iDKO5BA4yTKF2glPrG8MB0CqCG/S8VHVOR5dE/O4T4hrhtIfqcf4X3Pd+ps3HWj6Wv3Kf7NtJp3LD2ed51X786ojiRV0ESN+qN2Fg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bkS5qwm9FqcGHhreWnDG+5wVhCtRbKAysI6IbuAYIfap0ZRye3CMSPlwczMV2bhvcK6nyjLUfxH9EXhKl4kaIOY/1xsGXF+Q/RAY5jobVyhM7fEHrWDuIlbQ0vxzvNzrmAOvtCl3ztwGytHxxC12mp/Z1ml+WidSIDpRB2JQ2OI= Received: by 10.115.76.1 with SMTP id d1mr12299376wal.108.1199070027644; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:00:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.47.12 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:00:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <839aec700712301900u5dbde37pb310cefe8c735aee@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:00:27 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" To: "Jonathan Horne" In-Reply-To: <200712302016.53770.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200712241005.45959.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <539c60b90712270035m591d1709g107e48fff9d9caee@mail.gmail.com> <200712302016.53770.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote x session X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:00:28 -0000 On Dec 30, 2007 7:16 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Thursday 27 December 2007 02:35:05 am Steve Franks wrote: > > Perhaps I misunderstand, but I use x11vnc on the 'server' and > > vncviewer or tightvnc on the 'client'. There are several pages to > > google on tunneling it thru ssh, and it's much better with latency > > than sending x iteslf over ssh, I'm told. If you start x11vnc with no > > options, it will export the current session/desktop, but there is a > > switch to have it spawn a new x session also. All the other vnc ports > > only spawn new sessions, and I usually use it to help my wife fix > > problems when I'm away at the office ;) > > > > Best, > > Steve > > well ultimately, im looking for something that i can operate a headless server > with. the server itself wouldnt be pre-logged into any x session (be it kde, > gnome, xfce or whatever), so thats why im trying to get its x session into a > window of my local desktop. There is the XDMCP option, which allows you to remotely connect to an X display manager for full, remote display sessions. This isn't regarded to be a secure solution by most people. If your remote system is a server, do you have a need for remote desktop access? If you have one or two X applications on the remote server, could you just get by with SSH X11 forwarding to access those applications from your management station's display? DS