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One-click Connect From Cygwin To Full-screen Linux (X Stuff Required)

01.25.2006

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        Optional: execute the following once (see http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/66 for 
details), to avoid typing in the password.

set LINUX_HOST=mylinuxhost
ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh %USERNAME%@%LINUX_HOST% "mkdir .ssh; chmod 0700 .ssh"
bash -c 'scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub %LINUX_HOST%:.ssh/authorized_keys2'


Now, if you save the following as a BATCH file, you can just click it 
to connect to fullscreen Linux:

set LINUX_HOST=mylinuxhost
start /min xinit 
xhost +%LINUX_HOST%
ssh %LINUX_HOST% "declare -x DISPLAY=%COMPUTERNAME%:0; echo $DISPLAY;gnome-session"'


NOTES: 
1. 
Sometimes xhost + does not execute in time. O well. Just close
all windows that got opened and try again.

2.
If you didn't do the step one (ssh keys), you will be prompted 
to enter the linux password; this increases the chances of the above
error.

3.
The single terminal window appearing in the Linux desktop is in fact 
a window from your PC.

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Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:19pm

But this doesn't send any windows from remote machine. What account would it log in to?

Snippets Manager replied on Thu, 2006/01/26 - 7:32pm

I use the XWin query to get an actual remote host login screen. XWin.exe -query hostname Make a shortcut and set this as the target (may need path to XWin.exe). Double-click to login, fullscreen, to remote machine.