On Thu, 25 May 2000, Edwin Linux Fan wrote:
Great stuff, Edwin! You guys are not alone in your quest!
> For Linux or any other Unix with X-server:
> Open a terminal while in X.
> Type: xhost +
> Then telnet to the server.
> Then enter your username and password.
> Then run your program.
>
> TO DO: #1 Make a script to automate the login.
> #2 Make an icon in KDE for easy access.
> #3 Make a script for a menu for users to choose
> which program to run.
> a) StarOffice
> b) Netscape
> #4 Make a common office password and login for all
> linux machines. Then all people have to do is login to
> their "real" account.
>
I like your approach. The one thing I do on the Client box (that is the
one that is far from the user - X is a bit counterintuitive here) is
export DISPLAY=Remotename:0.0. Is this unneeded? I then run an Xterm off
the bat so that I can close down the telnet session and run my apps from
the telnet session. All of this may be a bit of a security risk...the
experts can comment.
This is not just for corporate users...I do this with two Pentium 100s
which have less memory than I would like. Newt has 48 MB RAM and Toad has
only 16. By running X on Toad and the applications on Newt I can divide
the load and eliminate much of the thrashing that goes on when runnning
apps on the single computer. This isn't always possible, but when it is,
it's nice.
You may want to look into running xdm on your X servers to take care of
the logging in....Ken Yap wrote an article on setting up X terminals.
My old copy comes from:
http://news.tucows.com/ext2/99/01/xterm.html
But since tucows has reorganized everything I think you might best find it
by searching Google or AltaVista on his name and the title: "Setting up an
X-terminal with Linux." Now that I've been at it a while, I guess the
HOW-TO's would make more sense, but when I first tried to do this, the
HOW-TO's left me in the dark. Aside: I think that Matthew 25:29 applies
to HOW-TO's, also.
Bob Williams
Trillium Technologies Ent.
General Santos City
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