connecting to my box remotely using Xwin32, telnet and ssh

asubedi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 105

Most of the PCs with win XP installed in our computer labs have Xwin32 installed and I'd love to connect to my box while i'm in my class. However, I have not been able to connect to my box using Xwin32. What do I need to configure to host a Xwin32 client from a windows box?

Could any one point me how to set up my box to host telnet and ssh clients too?

PowerFactor · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 1:09 am Post subject:

You probably have openssh already installed. Do "emerge -s openssh". Once that is installed, in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config set "PasswordAuthentication" and "X11Forwarding" to yes. Then do "rc-update add sshd default" and "/etc/init.d/sshd start" Putty is an excellent windows ssh client and it is just a singel file so you can use it on the comps at school. Set up a connection to your machine in putty and enable X11 forwrding in the config. Login to your machine with putty. Then start xwin32 and point it a localhost. Now you should be able to run X apps from the putty window and have them show on your display. Setting up your box to allow telnet connections is a bad idea unless you really know what you're doing.

asubedi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 105

It partially worked, Thank you!

All of my /etc/ssh/sshd_config were commented. So, I uncomment the following lines:Port 22; Protocol 2,1 ; PasswordAuthentication yes; X11Forwarding yes. Other than that, ALL of the lines are commented. Now I do the rc-update thing. Then I run ssh <ip address of my box>. After some warnings, it asks for root password (!). I type in my password. Then it prints bunch of "declare -x ...." statements. At the end of the output, it prints "-bash: [: missing `]' ". I cannot issue commands such as ls, clear, emerge, etc. I can issue pwd, cd, source. When I do "source .bashrc" it complains "-bash: dircolors: command not found". When I exit and do source .bashrc in the root directory, there are no errors.

What should I do next?

dook43 · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 2:50 am Post subject:

Use protocol 2 only

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asubedi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 105

ok I have connected remotedly using putty to my gentoo box. I am able to log in as a normal user, and i can chat using irssi. Now, how do i tunnel the X to XWin32? I have added 127.0.0.1 in the Xhost list of Xwin32. Then I am stuck :-s. What should i do next?

PowerFactor · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 5:07 am Post subject:

In putty in the tree on the left go to Session->Connection->SSH->Tunnels then there will be a check box for "Enable X11 Forwarding". Check that then connect to your gentoo box. It should "just work" then.

This might help http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/remoteaccess/putty.html

You probably want to enable compression too. X is pretty bandwidth intensive.

asubedi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 105

I get the following error:

_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for localhost
Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0