Login to Solaris desktop from Windows using Cygwin

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Created: Jun 04, 2006


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Cygwin is a great tool for UNIX people stuck in a Windows world as it provides a vast assortment of UNIX tools in a Windows command prompt. One of the most powerful uses of Cygwin is as an X server. While it may be useful occasionally to run a single X application in its own window, that can be boring. As a more exciting option, it is simple (one command!) to launch a full Solaris desktop session complete with login screen.

Solaris is already setup to allow remote X logins, so no work there. On your Windows box, install Cygwin (if you haven't already), open a Cygwin prompt and type:

X -broadcast


You should see the login screen of the Sun host (as long as it is on the same subnet). Enjoy!

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Login to Solaris desktop from Windows using Cygwin by kidari



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