On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:53:12AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > > > You can install the X libraries and client apps on your server -- this > > works fine at secure level 3 and does not require kernel configurations > > changes or special daemons or anything. What it allows you to do is > > then link software against the X libraries and then redirect the > > display to your workstations X server. This meets your criteria and > > can be handy for certain things. Your apps still run in userland only > > and there is no HW touching stuff. You are not running the X Server on > > your FBSD Server machine. > > I'll consider it, although it still sounds complicated. > > What do I gain from X that I don't already have with remote terminal > sessions like those created with SecureCRT? I know it looks pretty, but > what server-related things can I do with X that I cannot do with > ordinary terminals? I'm not aware of anything right now; it seems that > everything can be done from a command line (thank goodness--working with > Windows is a nightmare precisely _because_ so many things cannot be done > from a command line).
Ethereal vs. tcpdump. This is the biggest reason why I have X libraries on my firewall. I don't actually run an X server on it or even have a screen on it, but I forward X11 over ssh to the client I'm working on. > > -- > Anthony > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2
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