Re: Starting native windows GUI app via ssh.

[Clayton Holloway <clayton dot holloway at gmail dot com>]

Sounds good to me.
I doubt this is a standard ssh option so I wouldn't know what to add in 
the config.

Would you mind pasting the config that enables this or, if you don't 
remember which config option it is, the whole sshd_config.

Thanks.  :)



Roger Wells wrote:
> A few weeks I asked for help with the same problem.  The advice that 
> worked (I think)  was to be sure that the installation of sshd was such 
> that it is allowed to interact with the desktop.
> In any case I have it working in my situation so let me know if you need 
> more help.
> HTH
>
> Brian Mathis wrote:
> > On Dec 17, 2007 3:20 PM, Clayton Holloway <clayton.holloway@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >  
> > > Is it at all possible to start a native windows application(GUI) via ssh
> > > and have it actually appear on the windows box?
> > >
> > > No matter what app I run via ssh (firefox, notepad, etc) the process is
> > > listed in the task manager, but is nowhere to be found on the screen. If
> > > X were in use here, I'd just set the DISPLAY variable, but afaik windows
> > > won't use a DISPLAY.
> > >
> > > Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
> > >     
> >
> > You need to install the cygwin ssh service with the "Interact with
> > desktop" option enabled.
> >
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