Running X applications over SSH

[countach44]

definately add the X tunneling ;D

[njcajun]

A quick tip for those who are on a local network and want an Xsession from another box:

Xnest -query remotelinbox :3

This will actually shoot back a full X session, login screen and all. It's really cool - I use it at work a lot. It works with anything that runs X, too, so Solaris and linux and anything else whose x server does xdmcp should work fine. On the host serving up X, you'll need to enable XDMCP in your gdm/kdm/xdm config file (in /etc/X11).

Enjoy.

[praetorian]

Never seen the ssh -D gorn. That's actually pretty useful. :-)

I do SSH tunnels like this

SSH -L local_port:destination:destination_port you@sshserver.com

That'll forward any connections on whatever local port you specify, to the destination address on the port specified.

BTW I just tried doing X forwarding from my Powerbook to my 1.33ghz Athlon. All I can say is....