SSH: How to - View remote computer screen from local computer
by pizzipie from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5EVQ1)
Occasionally in receiving help from a computer guru they ask if they can take over your machine (remote computer to him)(his computer would be local). When he takes over you see the guru manipulating the files on your machine.(I assume he's seeing my screen from his).
I have computer_1 as local machine (client ?).
I have computer_2 as remote machine (server ?).
what I have done is:
From computer_1 terminal:
Code:
ssh ip-computer_2
password xxxx
export DISPLAY=:0
xeyes&
Result:
computer_1 shows home screen with files + blank terminal with host as computer_2
computer_2 shows home screen with files + 'eyes'.
If I try to run say, the 'pluma' text editor it will not do it but shows 'eyes'. I tried using DISPLAY=:1, no joy.
Thanks for help on this.
R
I have computer_1 as local machine (client ?).
I have computer_2 as remote machine (server ?).
what I have done is:
From computer_1 terminal:
Code:
ssh ip-computer_2
password xxxx
export DISPLAY=:0
xeyes&
Result:
computer_1 shows home screen with files + blank terminal with host as computer_2
computer_2 shows home screen with files + 'eyes'.
If I try to run say, the 'pluma' text editor it will not do it but shows 'eyes'. I tried using DISPLAY=:1, no joy.
Thanks for help on this.
R