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Re: running remote XDMCP session over ssh
- From: Chris Green <chris at areti dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:27:37 +0100
- Subject: Re: running remote XDMCP session over ssh
- References: <27346.1088084156@www63.gmx.net> <40DADEB8.7040100@gmx.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: chris dot green at isbd dot co dot uk
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:01:28PM +0200, Holger Krull wrote:
> >is it possible to run remote XDMCP session
> >tunneled over ssh with cygwins' xfree implementation.
>
> As far as i know, ssh only forwards tcp and XDMCP uses udp so this will
> not work.
> But why would you need XDMCP if you already have a ssh connection to
> your remote computer?
>
To get the whole desktop with the window manager of the remote
computer as opposed to using a local window manager maybe.
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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)