Cannot open remote display

A. Lanza alf at lanza-ti.com
Mon Feb 7 13:40:53 UTC 2005


El mar, 01-02-2005 a las 13:30 +0000, Paul Howarth escribió:
> A. Lanza wrote:
> > i'm managing a server in my local network remotely using ssh. From a
> > graphical command terminal in my laptop i issue the following command:
> > 
> > 	ssh -l root server1
> > 
> > This way, i get a command shell for server1 on my laptop screen. But,
> > when i want to edit a file on the server with a graphical tool, like
> > gedit, i get the following message:
> > 
> > 	(gedit:5880): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> > 
> > I'd like to edit the file in my laptop display. Is there any way to do
> > this?
> > 
> > I'd appreciate any help.
> 
> Try adding the -X or -Y option to your ssh command. See "man ssh" for 
> details.
> 
That worked! Thanks.

I'd like also to get my server display in my laptop display. How can i
do that? May i use a remote control tool? Will it be secure if i go
through a public WAN connection?

> Paul.
> 




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