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Tim Fultz wrote:
> 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?

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.

> If so, can they be run in a terminal within X

Yes, if you want

> or do I have to open this from a text screen?

No, you have to have X running.

> (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 me@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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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.


Tim Fultz wrote:

> 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