I have SSH server running on an RS6000 - AIX system. Currently I use
PuTTY to telnet from Windows to the RS6000. I would like to run X11
type GUI applications from the Windows XP client on the RS6000 AIX
server. How do I do that? Can I run a KDE desktop somehow in a window
on the XP system that connects to the RS6000 via OpenSSH?

thanks,

-Steve

StephenRichter@gmail.com writes:

> I have SSH server running on an RS6000 - AIX system. Currently I use
> PuTTY to telnet from Windows to the RS6000. I would like to run X11
> type GUI applications from the Windows XP client on the RS6000 AIX
> server. How do I do that? Can I run a KDE desktop somehow in a window
> on the XP system that connects to the RS6000 via OpenSSH?

Yes you can.

You'll need an X server on your pc. Cygwin.com installer has one if
you select the X11 branch of the installer's tree.

You'd fire up the X server on your PC, ssh with putty with X fwd'g
enabled, and test with xclock or xterm to see if that app is pushed
back to your screen. If that works, then startx or the AIX
equivalent thereof should fire up the desktop environment you want.
That's the traditional way of doing things.

But not the best.

If you have the luxury of being able to install software on that aix
server, try to get vnc-server installed on it. VNC is a much more
efficient protocol, and also features the ability to reconnect to a
session.


aixserver$ vncserver :0

You'll be prompted for a password to make up to secure the server, and
vncserver wll be listening on tcp/5900.

Then, back on the windows box, establish a new putty connection to the
aix server with forwarding of port 5900 of the localhost to port 5900
of the server. This is important. If you were to use cygwin openssh
on the windows box to get to the server it'd look like:

windowsbox$ ssh -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900 user@my.aixserver.com

Finally on the windows box, you'd fire up vncviewer and tell it to
connect to 127.0.0.1:5900 which through the magic of port
forwarding, connects to the vncserver on the AIX box. You're
prompted for the password you set above, and voila.

In putty there is way to set port forward ,but as a SecureCRT and
command line junkie, I don't have putty handy right now to tell ya
exactly how.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Todd H. wrote:
> StephenRichter@gmail.com writes:
>
> > I have SSH server running on an RS6000 - AIX system. Currently I use
> > PuTTY to telnet from Windows to the RS6000. I would like to run X11
> > type GUI applications from the Windows XP client on the RS6000 AIX
> > server. How do I do that? Can I run a KDE desktop somehow in a window
> > on the XP system that connects to the RS6000 via OpenSSH?
>
> Yes you can.
>
> You'll need an X server on your pc. Cygwin.com installer has one if
> you select the X11 branch of the installer's tree.
>
> You'd fire up the X server on your PC, ssh with putty with X fwd'g
> enabled, and test with xclock or xterm to see if that app is pushed
> back to your screen. If that works, then startx or the AIX
> equivalent thereof should fire up the desktop environment you want.
> That's the traditional way of doing things.

downloading CYGWIN now ( they really should charge money for what they
provide ). Why do I need the X server on the PC if the PC will be the
client connecting to the AIX system?

>
> But not the best.
>
> If you have the luxury of being able to install software on that aix
> server, try to get vnc-server installed on it. VNC is a much more
> efficient protocol, and also features the ability to reconnect to a
> session.

will do. here is where VNC for AIX can be obtained:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/pr.../download.html

>
> aixserver$ vncserver :0
>
> You'll be prompted for a password to make up to secure the server, and
> vncserver wll be listening on tcp/5900.
>
> Then, back on the windows box, establish a new putty connection to the
> aix server with forwarding of port 5900 of the localhost to port 5900
> of the server. This is important. If you were to use cygwin openssh
> on the windows box to get to the server it'd look like:
>
> windowsbox$ ssh -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900 user@my.aixserver.com
>
> Finally on the windows box, you'd fire up vncviewer and tell it to
> connect to 127.0.0.1:5900 which through the magic of port
> forwarding, connects to the vncserver on the AIX box. You're
> prompted for the password you set above, and voila.
>
> In putty there is way to set port forward ,but as a SecureCRT and
> command line junkie, I don't have putty handy right now to tell ya
> exactly how.
>

Todd, this is a great . I am going to digest what the CYGWIN can do
for me. Then move onto the VNC.

thanks,

-Steve

StephenRichter@gmail.com writes:
> Todd H. wrote:
> > StephenRichter@gmail.com writes:
> >
> > > I have SSH server running on an RS6000 - AIX system. Currently I use
> > > PuTTY to telnet from Windows to the RS6000. I would like to run X11
> > > type GUI applications from the Windows XP client on the RS6000 AIX
> > > server. How do I do that? Can I run a KDE desktop somehow in a window
> > > on the XP system that connects to the RS6000 via OpenSSH?
> >
> > Yes you can.
> >
> > You'll need an X server on your pc. Cygwin.com installer has one if
> > you select the X11 branch of the installer's tree.
> >
> > You'd fire up the X server on your PC, ssh with putty with X fwd'g
> > enabled, and test with xclock or xterm to see if that app is pushed
> > back to your screen. If that works, then startx or the AIX
> > equivalent thereof should fire up the desktop environment you want.
> > That's the traditional way of doing things.
>
> downloading CYGWIN now ( they really should charge money for what they
> provide ). Why do I need the X server on the PC if the PC will be the
> client connecting to the AIX system?

Yeah, the terminology is confusing. When it comes to X, the server
needs to be where your eyeballs and monitor are.

You use an ssh client to connect to the ssh server on the AIX system.
Once on teh AIX system, you are running X client software (window
manager, xterm, xclock) which all require an X server to do their
rendering. The X server in the traditional scenario runs on the
machine that's in front of ya.

> >
> > But not the best.
> >
> > If you have the luxury of being able to install software on that aix
> > server, try to get vnc-server installed on it. VNC is a much more
> > efficient protocol, and also features the ability to reconnect to a
> > session.
>
> will do. here is where VNC for AIX can be obtained:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/pr.../download.html
>

> Todd, this is a great . I am going to digest what the CYGWIN can do
> for me. Then move onto the VNC.

Cygwin is cool. Very nice unix-like environment that makes windows
rather tolerable.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/