Home / ubuntu / Questions / 27843
Accepted
htorque
Asked: 2011-02-25 00:00:18 +0800 CST

Redirect existing windows via SSH and X11 forwarding?

  • 772

Using ssh -X user@host I can start programs on the host and X11 forwarding allows me to see their windows on the remote machine. However, I'd like to be able to forward/redirect existing windows.

How would I do that (if it's possible at all)?

Note, VNC is not an option (no server installed on the host and my user has limited permissions).

ssh

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It looks like xpra is an active successor to xmove, and does exactly what you want. The devs bill it as "screen for X clients". While it needs to run on your remote server, it runs just fine out of a home folder. Besides python, xvfb is a runtime dependency.

    Once you get it installed on the remote server, it's pretty easy to use.

    xpra start :8 --start=xeyes

    On your local machine, run:

    xpra attach ssh:YOURSERVERHOST:8
    • 13

  2. I read on serverfault that you might be able to do that with xmove

    • 1