| The Workshop is designed to help you anticipate possible questions, review what you've learned, and begin learning how to put your knowledge into practice. Quiz | 1: | How would you start the gedit program on a computer called server10, displaying the application on your own desktop, if your login name on server10 is admin36? | | 2: | How would you tell your desktop environment to allow incoming application window connections from a system called robslabmachine.mycompany.com? | | 3: | Without using ssh, what sequence of commands would you enter to start emacs in the background but display its application window on a local system called laptop6.mycompany.com? | | 4: | Why should you use the ssh method of displaying applications remotely rather than the xhost/DISPLAY method whenever possible? |
Answers| A1: | ssh -oForwardX11=yes -l admin36 server10 gedit | | A2: | xhost robslabmachine.mycompany.com | | A3: | DISPLAY=laptop6.mycompany.com:0 export DISPLAY emacs & | | A4: | Because the ssh method is considerably more secure, using magic cookie authentication and encrypting data and passwords as they are transmitted across the network. |
Activities 1. | Use ssh in a terminal window to log in to a remote Linux computer system. | 2. | From the command line on the remote system, start an emacs window. | 3. | Use the emacs window to create and save a new text file on the remote system. |
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