Remotely User Linux Server's Web Browser. How do I?

[Ansar Mohammed]

Step 1.
You need a win32 X Server.
You can use either the free version of the starnet products
http://www.starnet.com/xwin32LX/get_xwin32LX.htm

weirdx
http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx/

or the cygwin port. 
http://cygwin.com/
I personally use the cygwin port. The integration with windows is way much
better.

The rest of this will focus on cygwin.

Download the setup program for cygwin and run the installer. Make sure you
have selected the xwindows components and finish the installation.

Best practice is to install cygwin in C:\cygwin

Navigate to C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat and edit the file to your
liking.  I suggest multiwindow mode and "xhost +" to test. 

Step 2.
Configure putty to forward your x session.
Go to Connection->SSH->X11 select enable x11 forwarding

When you login to the remote site echo $DISPLAY and you should see it set to
"remotehost:10.0" where remotehost is the remote box.

DO NOT SET THIS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE MANUALLY. IF IT IS NOT SET
AUTOMAGICALLY THEN THERE IS A PROBLEM.



Step 3.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Stephen
> Sent: September 29, 2005 2:13 PM
> To: TO Linux User Group
> Subject: [TLUG]: Remotely User Linux Server's Web Browser. How do I?
> 
> I use putty to have an ssh connection from my windows laptop to my Linux
> server.
> 
> Can I use this to run Mozilla on the server and control and view it on
> my laptop?
> 
> Do I just need Xwindows on my laptop?
> 
> And help, especially a how-to guide will be most appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> Stephen
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