[nflug] ssh to rdesktop

Bootz eric at bootz.us
Wed Aug 30 16:10:12 EDT 2006


happy happy joy joy, thanks I hate leaving home

Darin Perusich wrote:
> you can do this, you just need to insure that x11 forwarding is on.
>
> relevant ssh_config values...
>  Host *
>     ForwardX11Trusted yes
>     ForwardAgent yes
>     ForwardX11 yes
>
> relevant sshd_config values...
> X11Forwarding yes
> X11DisplayOffset 10
> #X11UseLocalhost yes
>
> add these and reload sshd, kill -HUP `cat /var/run/sshd.pid`
>
> once you've done this login with another ssh session and $DISPLAY should
> be set, check with echo $DISPLAY
>
> Bootz wrote:
>   
>> Hi, I'm in a ssh session and want to start a rdesktop session ...I can't
>> right?
>>
>> ERROR: Failed to open display:
>>
>> is there some way I can get even a dos command line through rdesktop
>> while I am in a ssh session?  I don't have telnet setup on the windows
>> server, so thats out.
>>
>> I just need to be an administrator on the windows server and execute a
>> command.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
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