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Re: Run Windows application via ssh
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 09:44:37 -0700
- Subject: Re: Run Windows application via ssh
- Organization: My own little world...
- References: <200405031601.12828.mauro.migliorati@uniroma1.it>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Mauro Migliorati wrote:
> I manage to connect via ssh but, when I try to open an application, like
> notepad, it does not appear on the client screen.
This will not work unless the application is an X Windows program.
Native windows apps cannot be used remotely with ssh, because they are
not network-aware. This may be possible with remote desktop/terminal
server/etc, but it's outside the scope of Cygwin. All that ssh can do
is forward a stream of bytes across the connection. The application
must be designed to work in this manner, such as X11 apps. Ssh cannot
work miracles.
Brian
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