[PLUG] configuring a server without X

[Pelster, John]

Also, don't expect the GUI to be very responsive...  X forwarding can by
painfully slow even over a high speed internet connection.  It is best used
over a LAN, or (of course) if your in a real pinch.

Have fun,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Meyers [mailto:nmeyers at javalinux.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:48 AM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] configuring a server without X


On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 10:39:53AM -0800, Craighead, Scot D wrote:
> >ssh -X drizzle.pdxlinux.org xterm
> >
> >-X will enable X11 forwarding and set the proper display variable.
> >
> >-- John Pelster
> 
> I'm sure I'm being dumb here, but does that mean that if I am at my 
> local machine and I type in an xterm: ssh -X 
> somemachine.somedomain.com netconfig
> 
> I will be able to configure networking on the remote maching, not the 
> local?

Correct. You will be running netconfig on that remote machine - meaning that
you'll be configuring networking on that machine - while netconfig's
networked GUI is carried through an SSH tunnel to your local machine. That's
the joy of a networked GUI like X: the application interacts with the
display and input devices through a network connection, not by directly
diddling with hardware.

One funny thing about this specific example: reconfiguring networking while
you're connected to it may lead to surprises - like the GUI and/or ssh
connection disappearing when you make a network configuration change.

Nathan

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