Help running X Apps on Sun box remotely on my linux desktops

[Tim Fultz]

Hope someone knows the answer here:::

Currently:
I have a couple of Sun servers that manage, monitor etc. a lot of equip
in my company. All desktops (Windows boxes) run Hummingbird Exceed to
xclient into the sun boxes to run certain monitoring X apps etc. No problem.

What I want:
Putting some linux boxes around the office but need to be able to run
those X apps that are on the sun boxes on the linux desktops like we can
already do on the windows desktops using exceed.

Is this possible? If so, can they be run in a terminal within X or do I
have to open this from a text screen? (prefer to be at a X desktop and
just call a term window or something of that nature. Can someone point
me in the right direction???

Thank you very much in advance.
Tim

[Lew Pitcher]

Post by Tim Fultz
I have a couple of Sun servers that manage, monitor etc. a lot of equip
in my company. All desktops (Windows boxes) run Hummingbird Exceed to
xclient into the sun boxes to run certain monitoring X apps etc. No problem.
Putting some linux boxes around the office but need to be able to run
those X apps that are on the sun boxes on the linux desktops like we can
already do on the windows desktops using exceed.
Is this possible?

Of course it is possible. Your Linux X environment is exactly the same as the
eXceed environment, and anything you can do in eXceed, you can do in Linux.

Post by Tim Fultz
If so, can they be run in a terminal within X

Yes, if you want

Post by Tim Fultz
or do I have to open this from a text screen?

No, you have to have X running.

Post by Tim Fultz
(prefer to be at a X desktop and
just call a term window or something of that nature. Can someone point
me in the right direction???

You can either use ssh X11Forwarding, or just let X across your network.

If you use ssh & X11Forwarding on linux:
ssh ***@sun.host sun_x_app
to run your sun_x_app binary on the sun.host server, to display on your Linux
desktop.

Or, if you use telnet/rsh
xhost +sun.host
rsh -l me sun.host sun_x_app
(you might have to set the $DISPLAY variable on the sun.host server, and/or
specify absolute paths to your executable; it depends on how well you've set
up the sun side of the equation)


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[James McIninch]

Yes, you can install Linux X terminals. It's easier to setup than using
Exceed on Windows.

On the Linux box, you can grant a host, say 'myhost.mylan.com', permission
to use it's display with:

xhost +myhost.mylan.com

Then login to the Sun box and tell it to use the Linux machine's display:

DISPLAY=linuxbox.mylan.com:0.0

Then run an application:

xterm

... you can, of course, script these things, put icons on the desktop for
it, secure it with SSH, and all sort of other things.

Post by Tim Fultz
I have a couple of Sun servers that manage, monitor etc. a lot of equip
in my company. All desktops (Windows boxes) run Hummingbird Exceed to
xclient into the sun boxes to run certain monitoring X apps etc. No problem.
Putting some linux boxes around the office but need to be able to run
those X apps that are on the sun boxes on the linux desktops like we can
already do on the windows desktops using exceed.
Is this possible? If so, can they be run in a terminal within X or do I
have to open this from a text screen? (prefer to be at a X desktop and
just call a term window or something of that nature. Can someone point
me in the right direction???
Thank you very much in advance.
Tim