[CLUE-Tech] ssh and X question

Dave Price davep at kinaole.org
Sat Dec 7 20:51:52 MST 2002


On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 10:39:15AM -0700, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> I've often wondered if this is possible:
> 
> Machine A is running some X app, logged in as user1.
> 
> Machine B ssh'es into Machine A as user1.
> 
> Is there any way to redirect the running app to Machine B, and then send it
> back to A when done?
> 

If it is a console app, screen is ideal ... for a GUI, this might
be better served with vncserver running on A, then you can grab
the whole desktop - I don't _think_ that ssh tunneling can grab
the output of an app that is already displaying on another xserver
(machine A)

aloha,
dave




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