From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 04:06:45 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 58BC216A41A for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd08@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2531213C46B for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd08@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBV46ggb080163 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:06:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd08@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:06:42 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200712241005.45959.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200712302016.53770.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> <839aec700712301900u5dbde37pb310cefe8c735aee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <839aec700712301900u5dbde37pb310cefe8c735aee@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712302206.42479.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on pollux.dfwlp.com 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 04:06:45 -0000 On Sunday 30 December 2007 09:00:27 pm Darren Spruell wrote: > 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 well, the part i didnt mention before, was the method behind the madness. its actually a jail-host, with 3 jails running. my intention, is to keep the latest of kde, gnome, and xfce built on each, and just remotely attach to (or forward) its x session from my main workstation. i vision it basically working just like when i sit down to my workstation, and type 'startx'. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com