From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: remote file editing over ssh with emacs 22.3.1 on Windows Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 20:26:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4A02A04F.6010307@simplistix.co.uk> <83hbzwdazt.fsf@gnu.org> <0F841C30-5A42-4F96-95CE-49FA51BDBDB6@digg.com> <4A04A18F.2020404@simplistix.co.uk> <833abedact.fsf@gnu.org> <4A0543A3.9000007@simplistix.co.uk> <616ABE37-83DE-43D4-A4CA-FE18AD9A3063@Web.DE> <4A05C5FE.20900@simplistix.co.uk> <4A0EF14C.3030704@simplistix.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242498449 21605 80.91.229.12 (16 May 2009 18:27:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 18:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Chris Withers Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 16 20:27:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M5ObR-00020w-4P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 20:27:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47169 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M5ObQ-0008RV-LG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 14:27:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M5Ob7-0008RK-Mq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 14:27:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M5Ob2-0008R0-9v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 14:27:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36915 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M5Ob2-0008Qx-4N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 14:26:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:56864) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M5Ob0-0005Sb-9G; Sat, 16 May 2009 14:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7944810251D95; Sat, 16 May 2009 20:26:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [91.35.196.227] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #277) id 1M5Oay-0006oB-00; Sat, 16 May 2009 20:26:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4A0EF14C.3030704@simplistix.co.uk> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19nitVCwtxGYYR3YOLov77j8mtK75hQwxspfSZa U/Fcx+D3qTpKDWnyUUpWEIoijb4Nnb70N3eexAL1gdAVKdxnEL cwb09/Jw8Qy2PCvUxY8Q== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:64500 Archived-At: Am 16.05.2009 um 19:01 schrieb Chris Withers: >> When it's every protocol, then the only chance is to SSH login as >> some user, become superuser in that user's login shell, and then >> send GNU Emacs as client to your local X server over SSH. > > I don't know what this means. I do know that most of the servers > will not be running X of any description. Usually a so-called server does not run the X server. The X server is running on your local computer. And this local computer's X server can serve remote clients which then can appear on any of the displays the local X server serves. -- Greetings Pete With Capitalism man exploits man. With communism it's the exact opposite.