[NTLUG:Discuss] Controlling a Unix desktop from a Windows desktop

MadHat madhat at unspecific.com
Tue Sep 17 09:36:58 CDT 2002


On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 08:52, Rick Matthews wrote:
> MadHat wrote:
> > 
> > snip
> > Of course controlling a Unix desktop from a non-unix desktop has
> > always been fairly simple with X and port forwarding, tunneling and
> > other means.  
> > snip
> 
> Would you please point me in the right direction for details on
> accomplishing this?
> 
> I'd like to be able to use X across my 100 Mb lan (we're both inside
> the firewall), plus I'd like to know what would be necessary to do
> that securely from outside.
> 
> I don't mind reading and following instructions, so simply pointing me
> to the right solution would be fine. I would rather start with
> a recommended solution than road testing 15 different solutions found
> on the internet.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html

> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Rick Matthews
> 
> 
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