[THIN] Re: Way OT: X desktop display question

  • From: "Stansel, Paul" <Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:39:05 -0500

The only port I'm allowing through is SSH traffic on my home firewall.  Will
this still work or do I need to open something else?

Thanks,
Paul

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> From:         Stephen Greenberg[SMTP:steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> Sent:         Thursday, December 26, 2002 11:36 AM
> To:   thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [THIN] Re: Way OT: X desktop display question
> 
> 
> 
> No problem! Just can start a complete desktop session this way. Youneed to
> start your session using an XDM server and give it the IP address of the
> home LINUX box. There should be a way in EXCEED to specify an XDM server.
> If
> you can't make the connection, check than an XDM server is running on the
> LINUX system (it probably is).
> 
> Remember, UNIX was doing this a long time ago, Citrix is the new kid on
> the
> block!
> 
> Steve Greenberg
> Thin Client Computing
> 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Stansel, Paul
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Way OT: X desktop display question
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, way off list but this group seems to know a little bit of everything
> :).
> I have a home Linux box and Exceed at work.  I can make an SSH connection
> using Putty, and have been able to do simple things like launch an XTerm
> window by passing the X11 traffic through to Exceed.  Can you launch a
> full
> XWindows desktop session?  I can't get it to launch with either kdm & or
> gdm
> &.  My understanding is that SSH is limited bandwidth.  Specifically, I
> need
> to be able to get to my Apache web browser local to the Linux box so that
> I
> can... well... bypass the web monitoring that goes on here :).
> 
> -Paul
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