Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:10:57 +0300 From: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro> To: 'Joe Warner' <jswarner@uswest.net>, freebsd newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Remote Connections Message-ID: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202D88B@URANUS>
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> Please forgive me if this is a stupid question but when you > connect to a > FreeBSD machine remotely using telnet, what can you do on the system > besides viewing the contents of files, using editors like vi, > looking at > system processes or reading and sending mail messages? > Supposedly, one > of the great things about a UNIX system is that multiple users can > connect to it from remote locations and do work simultaneously. What > work? ANY kind of work; running vi, viewing files, reading mail, IS work. Of course, telnet is limited to "text mode", so only apps that use this mode can be used through telnet. If you want something more, like X apps running remotly, you have to use an X server, of course .. The server will run on your machine (that can be either some kind of unix - which is the nice way -, either some kind of win - and then you will need some kind of app that understand the X protocol). Through the X server, you can run X applications - like kde and oher stuff; the app will run on the remote machine, and will pop up the result on your machine. Stefan > Isn't there a way to be able to launch and use some of the neat > applications that come with KDE, for example? Is there another way of > connecting besides telnet, that would serve this purpose? I've set up > some accounts on my FreeBSD box for people I work with but at the > moment, I'm at a loss for showing them some neat things they can do. > Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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