Re: X Windows Proxy?

[Fred Whipple <fwwhippl syr edu>]

All,

Okay.  So the good news is I got ssh, read about it, and got it
working.  The bad news is, just like I can't install VNC on the host
computer whose windows I want to get through my IP-MASQ box, I can't
install ssh on that host either.  So, that's a no-go.

HOWEVER, I do have a different host on the same network that I can log
into via ssh, and on that host start an Xnest, and finally log into the
desired host and have it display to Xnest (which of course is on the
desired desktop).  This seems particularly kludgy, but it works.  It's
also rather slow, but again, it works =)

Thanks for the suggestions.

	-Fred

Cameron Simpson wrote:
> 
> On 26 Feb 1999, in message <36D647F1 E035D144 syr edu>
>   Fred Whipple <fwwhippl syr edu> wrote:
> | A somewhat classic problem by now, I'm sure.  I have a machine (call it
> | machine 1) sitting behind an IP-Masq machine (call it machine 2).  I
> | want to display an X Window from yet another machine (call it machine 3)
> | onto machine 1.  Of course this is not directly possible.
> 
> Get ssh. Install. Read. It acts much like rsh (but supplies proper
> privacy and authentication) and it also does port forwarding, including
> forwarding X11 through the link. Words just dandy. It is a better
> solution than VNC.