Re: Non X-windows GUI web browser?

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* will trillich (will@serensoft.com) spake thusly:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:58:16AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
...
> > These guys are great, but if you *must* use a GUI broswer, and also only
> > want webmin bound to 127.0.0.1 (Good Idea) you can use ssh to tunnel
> > connections there from a client with an X browser on it.
> 
> this is probably in a FAQ somewhere --
> 
> 	"how"?
> 
> i can create ssh connections between node A and node B
> but... how can i use that to piggyback an X session or a
> HTTP request?

client# export DISPLAY=client:0.0
client# ssh -X server
server# netrape &

works for me.

Dima
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