[nflug] ssh to rdesktop

[Bootz]

I am close, I have a black screen now running rdesktop. 
I'm just doing a simple:
rdesktop -u me theServer
any suggestions?
Thank you,
 Eric



Darin Perusich wrote:
> i use Xming, which i prefer because its a stand alone windows xserver
> and doesn't rely on a cygwin environment.
>
> Dennis Ruzeski wrote:
>   
>> It deserves mentioning that you need to be on a machine running an X
>> server.
>> I use cygwin's X environment on Windows.
>>
>> --Dennis
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/30/06, Bootz <eric at bootz.us> wrote:
>>     
>>> 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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