It doesn't have to support X, just port forwarding. The user will have to supply appropriate xhost and xauth authorization values.
Better solution IMO would be VNC. Where is this other box, and if remote, why can't you just run terminal access to it? on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 03:40:15PM -0600, Steven Kurylo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Unless I am reading the putty "wishlist" wrong, putty doesn't support X in > its current form > > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist.html > > Unix/X (need a local-xterm back end) > > At 02:08 PM 22/11/00, you wrote: > >Unfortunately at work I must use a windows machine, but Id like to be able > >to use Putty to connect to my machine. I can bring up a standard SSH2 > >session but I am ignorant when it come to starting an X session remotely. > >How do I go about getting X on my machine at work? I know it has to do > >with starting X on a new display. Should I use startx -display ?????? and > >if so what is that display. > >Thanks > >Adam Edgar > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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