Re: [TCLUG:3482] ssh & windows???

[Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Scott K. Johnson wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I've got a question regarding ssh.
> 
> I've got ssh2 installed & running on my Linux box, and have disabled almost
> everything in inetd.  Basically, I would like to use only ssh for connecting
> to it.
> 
> Is there anything available for my windows machines to talk to the Linux
> box?  For example, sometimes I run a X server on the windows box, and start
> a process on the Linux box - using the windows machine for display & input.
> 
> Normally to do that, I would telnet in, set the DISPLAY environment
> variable, and then start the process.
> 
> Anyway for me to do this while still using ssh?  Are there "safe" ways of
> connecting to my Linux box, from machines that don't have ssh installed on
> them?

ssh exports the display automatically.  You don't have to set the DISPLAY
variable - everything, including X apps, gets routed through the secure
tunnel.

Gabe
> 
> Any & all ideas are welcome!!
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> Scott K. Johnson
> skj@visi.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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