On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Brian Salisbury wrote:
Off-topic Linux question:
Is there anyway to remotely administer my server with an X Window interface like KDE?
If you've got enough bandwidth (e.g, DSL or cable) then forwarding X through SSH might be tolerable. You wouldn't want to do it over a modem though. If you're running RedHat you could run 'linuxconf --text' over an SSH connection. It's not X, but a decent ncurses interface. Whatever you do, make sure you use SSH for secure communications. One greate thing about SSH is that it handles your X forwarding automatically. No screwing around with environments variables. You simple login to the remote server, start some GUI app, and it's displayed on your screen. No muss...no fuss. I guess VNC is a possibility, but it would probably be slower then X over SSH and you'd want to forward that through SSH anyway. Good luck. -Tim -- Timothy Wilson | "The faster you | Check out: Henry Sibley H.S. | go, the shorter | http://slashdot.org/ W. St. Paul, MN, USA | you are." | http://linux.com/ wilson@chem.umn.edu | -Einstein | http://www.mn-linux.org/