ssh -X

[James Knott]

Teddy wrote:
>
> Today I discovered ssh -X (old new to most TLUG)
>
> I was able to run X window applications remotely from a Ubuntu box 
> running X Windows.
> If I were to run an X-window app from Putty/Windows, would the 
> X-window apps still run? (my guess is no)
>

Yes it will, though you have to install & run an X server, such as Xming 
on the Windows box.

-- 
Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>
--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://gtalug.org/
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists