ssh question

[MrScott81]

I setup an ssh server on my home pc (win32), so that I coudl connect to it....is it possible to start proccess from within the shell? When I try to, it seems like the ssh shell is trying to run them, because I can see them running in task manager, but no gui comes up, and if i exit the ssh connection, the process dissapears. I tried using the start command in dos, and tried passing the program name to the cmd.exe using the \c switch, but I can't get anythign to work....any suggestions?

 

[Tanclearas]

You installed SSH on your PC so you could connect to it to do what? If you want to access (and use) your PC remotely, you might want to consider something like VNC. SSH into a Windows box is not entirely useful for "using" your PC, but there are two things I can see it doing for you.

1) Secure file transfer. This is assuming you also have an sftp server available in the SSH server you're using.

2) Securing unencrypted protocols. SSH can provide a secure, encrypted tunnel for programs or protocols that send unencrypted data. For example, you could use VNC over SSH.

The SSH shell isn't really going to do too much for you in Windows.

 

[RZaakir]

What SSH server are you using?

 

[Nothinman]

If you set the ssh service to be allowed to interact with the desktop it might work, I can't say for sure as I've never really cared to run any GUI tools remotely.

 

[Red and black]

Originally posted by: Tanclearas

The SSH shell isn't really going to do too much for you in Windows.

In conjunction with the rest of cygwin, sshd is very useful. My day job involves coding for Windows and Solaris, and I do my Windows development under zsh via openssh from my Solaris screen session.

I very rarely need to use terminal server.

 

[MrScott81]

Basically, for some reason my work's firewall is blocking me from accessing vnc or other remote programs (not sure how that works), but I have setup ssh via openSSH and also an integrated shell via RemotelyAnywhere. How might I allow the ssh service to interact with the desktop?