Well everything seems to be working fine internally. My next thing is to try it from another location, Thanks again for all you guys help. I do so appreciate it !<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <<a href="mailto:farnsaw@stonedoor.com">farnsaw@stonedoor.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Oh, and just to be clear, the portion of the line below which is<br>
"username@host1$" is the prompt at your local machine, it is not<br>
something you type. The command you want is the "ssh -L<br>
5901:localhost:5900 username@host2" which will connect you to the<br>
machine host2 over ssh.<br>
<br>
Andrew Farnsworth<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
Beau Bechdol wrote:<br>
> So I would run "username@host1$ ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900<br>
> username@host2" on the remote machine or my laptop ?<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Andrew Farnsworth<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> <<a href="mailto:farnsaw@stonedoor.com">farnsaw@stonedoor.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:farnsaw@stonedoor.com">farnsaw@stonedoor.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Beau,<br>
> Inline below are the instructions for doing X-forwarding via SSH,<br>
> just<br>
> run the command as shown there. For example I would run:<br>
><br>
> andy-farnsworths-macbook:~ billybob$ ssh -X<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">> Password:<br>
><br>
> And get this as the results:<br>
><br>
> Linux trash 2.4.27-3-686 #1 Tue May 30 00:56:40 UTC 2006 i686<br>
><br>
> The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free<br>
> software;<br>
> the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the<br>
> individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.<br>
><br>
> Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent<br>
> permitted by applicable law.<br>
> You have new mail.<br>
> Last login: Wed Apr 16 12:22:19 2008 from<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">> farnsaw@flash:~$<br>
><br>
> Then just run your X Applications (such as xeyes or xearth) and it<br>
> should appear on your local machine.<br>
><br>
> You do the same thing for VNC but you need to get the VNC server<br>
> up and<br>
> running, then execute the ssh command as shown below and you will find<br>
> that if you use the VNC Client to connect to localhost, it will go<br>
> across your tunnel to the linux box and you will have the screen<br>
> available locally.<br>
><br>
> Andy Farnsworth<br>
><br>
> Beau Bechdol wrote:<br>
> > So any guidance on how to set this up ?<br>
> ><br>
> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Sam Noble <<a href="mailto:s@mnoble.net">s@mnoble.net</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:s@mnoble.net">s@mnoble.net</a>><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:s@mnoble.net">s@mnoble.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:s@mnoble.net">s@mnoble.net</a>>>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 09:38 -0600, Beau Bechdol wrote:<br>
> > > Is there an advantage from one to another? Meaning is one<br>
> faster<br>
> > than<br>
> > > another ?<br>
> ><br>
> > X forwarding with ssh is really easy to quickly run an<br>
> application<br>
> > (mostly because sshd is likely already configured properly), but<br>
> > VNC is<br>
> > more responsive over slow connections.<br>
> ><br>
> > A:<br>
> > username@host1$ssh -X username@host2<br>
> ><br>
> > username@host2$xlogo<br>
> ><br>
> > B:<br>
> > Turn on and configure VNC (on ubuntu it's likely already<br>
> running via<br>
> > 'vino' but that only works for existing logged in sessions.<br>
> If you<br>
> > want<br>
> > to be able to log in and out etc you'll need to turn it on<br>
> in your<br>
> > xorg.conf or equivalent)<br>
> > username@host1$ ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900 username@host2<br>
> ><br>
> > Then in another window:<br>
> > username@host1$ xvnc4viewer localhost:1<br>
> ><br>
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