Re: Background mail composition
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:24:59AM +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:21:58 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > Except that the remote installation specifically forbids it, I can't
> > get X through the firewall (that might be possible to overcome), and
> > it would be (relatively) slow.
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> Have a look at the "-X" (X11 forwarding) and "-C" (compression) options
> to SSH. They should do what you want with no fuss at all. You might
> even want to look at the "CompressionLevel" setting in
> /etc/ssh/ssh_config
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I have just moved (same job, different employer, we've been spun off
as a separate company).
In my previous situation unless I explicitly turned off X11 forwarding
by using the '-x' option the ssh connection would fail. Thus I
couldn't (as I said) use X11 there.
I've just tried from my new place of work (same hardware, different
domain, firewalls, etc.) and I can enable X here. However it does me
no good whatsoever because there aren't any X client applications
available on the remote system, not even an xterm. I suppose I could
build some myself (I am only a user though) but I don't really see
what advantages it would give me.
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Chris Green (chris@xxxxxxxxxxx)