[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-09-16, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 9/15/2021 12:49 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 9/15/21 2:36 AM, Joukj wrote:
>>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> I know that it is possible to tunnel X over SSH,
>>>> but I believe that is a complicated exercise in
>>>> todays network.
>>>
>>> Complicated? I always use this. when communicating with my Linux and 
>>> OpenVMS systems (even from home, since it easy in our university to 
>>> set IP-port 22 open in the firewall).It just involves switching it on 
>>> on the server (if it is not already on and adding one option on the 
>>> ssh command.
>>>
>>> Maybe it is complicated on windows because of the lack of native 
>>> X11-support.
>> 
>> I  never found it to be complicated.  Not even on Windows.  And lack
>> of native X11 support in Windows is a non-problem.
>
> I seem to recall firewall problems, display permission problems
> and font problems.
>
> But maybe it is not as tricky as I believe.
>

Are you confusing the current very clean method over SSH with the
far less clean original method involving xhost and friends ?

Simon.

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