Re: Remote access to Unix desktop

morten.langer@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Hi newsgroup,

As a very new Mac user, I hope to get some help from you oracles with
this question:

I need to access a remote Solaris Unix desktop from my Mac. Using a
PC, I use the VNC client, which works fine. I have also found a VNC
client for Mac, so I assume this will work too.

However, I have been told about this X11 terminal application. Can
anyone explain to me what it is, and could it be used for getting the
display locally with a "setenv DISPLAY" command like in a Unix
console? I am bit confused as to what X11 actually is..

Depending on what you need to do on our solaris machine, X11 may be
overkill.

If your tasks can be done in a terminal window, then start the
application

/Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal,

and then type

ssh address.of.solaris.box

to log into your solaris box. (This assumes that the solaris box is
running an ssh server, and that you have an account and password on
that machine!)

If you are doing something more graphics intensive on your solaris
box, you'll need to use X11. X11 is a display protocol that can be run on
many different operating systems including most unix based operating
systems (including solaris, X11, and Macs).

If you start X11 on your Mac (it should also be in Utilities if it is
installed, if it isn't installed, you need to get out your install
disks for Tiger, assuming that is what you have, and install it).
Then within X11, start an xterm, and then log into your solaris
machine (you are still going to need that machine to be running an ssh
server, etc.). Then try starting up whatever X11-based program you
want to run on the solaris machine - it should display on your Mac
if you have the DISPLAY variable set correctly.
.

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