G T Smith wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jonathan Arnold wrote: >> chika wrote: >>>> Clayton wrote: >>>> >>>> PuTTY lets you set up all kinds of special options, tied to which host >>>> you are connecting to. So you can set special backgrounds, etc. It also >>>> remembers connection info, does port forwarding, allows terminal >>>> customization >>>> for each host, etc. Now perhaps it can all be done using other tools, but >>>> it's <strong>a pretty powerful GUI for all this</strong>, and provides a >>> Unix build. >>> >>> why u don't use freeNX from nomachine website(googling it for latest >>> version) >> I think it needs to run on the remote machine too, and I don't have any >> control >> over that. >> > > The ssh daemon on the host machine is usually activated by default, have > a look at the man page (man ssh) for ssh capabilities...
I meant the FreeNX server, not ssh. ssh works just fine. > > As a taster to open a remote session in a new window in any konsole > session enter... > > ssh -Xf <servername> <command> Yeah, I did track down the -X option. Didn't try the -f option though. That's why I like the idea of a GUI front end to ssh, like kssh. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
