On February 13, 2005 03:53 am, 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).
I run an XLoad app on every server with the display on my desktop (set to update once a minute. It lets me keep an eye on the general health of the servers during the day. Asside from that I haven't found a truely useful GUI app for servers. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"