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In: Computer · Tagged with: apple, help, I need help, mac, Mac OS X
How to enable X11 Forwarding with SSH on Mac OS X Leopard
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) or VNC is a wonderful invention if you want full control over a remote desktop, but what if you only want to access the user display of one single X11 program on a remote machine?
This is possible on Mac OS X with X11 Forwarding.
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN REWRITTEN (Manual set of the $DISPLAY variable is insecure!)
Prerequisites:
X11 environments on both the local and remote machine (see man X). Ensure network access for X11. In Mac OS X on X11 Quartz check the authorization and client access options under Preferences in the Security pane.
Enable X11 Forwarding with the “X11Forwarding yes” option set in “/private/etc/sshd_config” for your SSH Daemon own local X11 host in order to recieve X11 client request back from the remote machine through ‘ssh‘ with the -X option set.
Start or restart the Remote Login (SSH) Service under System Preference / Sharing pane on Mac OS X. The SSH daemon should run on the remote machine as well!
See “man ssh”, ”man ssh_config” and “man sshd_config” for the complete explanation.
3 Simple Steps to X11 Forward on Mac OS X
1. Open ”Terminal” in Mac OS X Leopard.
2. ssh -X X11 Forward to your remote host (See “man ssh” for the use of the -X or -Y flag X11 forward):
ssh -X johndoe@123.456.789
3. Start your remote X11 program and view the user display on your local machine:
xeyes &
Voila it works! The X application will start up your X11 environment. Its quite easy to do X11 forwarding when you first get the hang of it.
Do elegant X11 stuff with ssh -X -f like:
ssh -X -f user@remotehost xcalc -bg black -fg green
Caveat Notes:
Have the latest and updated versions of Mac OS X, Developer and X11.
3 Clues to successful X11 forwarding:
A. When you make changes to /etc/sshd_config remember to restart the Remote Login Service (SSH).
B. Remember to allow incoming access to X11 in the X11 preferences and through your firewall(s) and router!
C. And you have will of curse have to be accurate about your local and remote machine naming convention i.e. John-Does-iMac.local or privat.happycamper.com. Check with “echo $HOSTNAME”. On the remote machine you could also do a check with $REMOTEHOST (if set) to check your own machine name on the remote host.
NOT! Sometimes it is necessary to use xhost +remotehost and set the $DISPLAY environment variable manually on Mac OS X (something -X or -Y flag in ssh should normally do for you). Try “echo $DISPLAY” on the local machine and remote to get hints of the $DISPLAY status. You can always check your environment with “env” and “$”. On Mac OS X Leopard you use EXPORT with bash shell to set environment variables as opposed to tcsh that uses setenv. You should only set the $DISPLAY variable manually in a secure environment i.e. local network.
NEW! Do not set the DISPLAY variable on the client. You will most likely disable encryption. (X connections forwarded through Secure Shell use a special local display setting.)
If you have further problems try to use -v, -vv or even -vvv verbose flag with ssh to debug.
X11 Forwarding:
X11 Forwarding www.ssh.com
Configurering and running X11 Applications on Mac OS X developer.apple.com
X11 FAQ - Technical Q&A QA1232 developer.apple.com
Technical Q&A QA1383 Enabling X11 Forwarding developer.apple.com
Forwarding X11 from a Remote Computer to the Mac oroborosx.sourceforge.net
ssh X forwarding debugging mac.com
Display Names xfree86.org
X11:
X Window System wikipedia.org
The X Window System freebsd.org (Introduktion from FreeBSD Handbook)
XQuartz project xquartz.macosforge.org (X11)
Command-Line Administration Version 10.5 Leopard (PDF) manuals.info.apple.com (Connecting to Remote Computers p. 31 – 37)
Introduction to Command-Line Administration Version 10.6 Snow Leopard (PDF) manuals.info.apple.com (Connecting to Remote Computers p. 27 – 33)
Open Source X11 developer.apple.com
UNIX & Open Source downloads apple.com
In: Computer · Tagged with: mac, Mac OS X, ssh, X11
The Master of Demon Valley
The world has no constant values, events has no constant guide.
When others act, I am still; When others talk I listen. If you know your nature, you’ll have few troubles; if you know your destiny, you won’t worry.
Reference:
Alchemists, Mediums, and Magicians: Stories of Taoist Mystics
by Thomas Cleary
ISBN: 9781590306598
p. 14
In: Poetry, Spiritual, Taiji, philosophy · Tagged with: spirituality, taoism
Know Thyself
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is Man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest,
In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast,
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such
Whether he thinks too little or too much:
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Alexander Pope
Links:
Alexander Pope wikipedia.org
Yoga Bibliography
I compiled this list for Kristina from a recommended book list from her yoga school. Further recommendations are welcome..
Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personnal Experience
by Theos Bernard
ISBN 0955241227
The Gheranda Samhita: A Treatise on Hatha Yoga
Sris Chandra Vasu
ISBN 1436690420
Raja Yoga
by Swami Vivekananda
ISBN 8180900363
Sacred Texts: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
by Swami Vivekananda
ISBN 1905857039
A Search in Secret India
by Paul Brunton
ISBN 1844130436
The Morning of the Magicians (Mysteries of the Universe)
by Louis Pauwels, Jacques Bergier
ISBN 0285635832
The Serpent Power: Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga
by Arthur Avalon
ISBN 0486230589
Tantrik Texts
by Arthur Avalon
ISBN 8177557254
Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (Works of Mircea Eliade)
Mircea Eliade
ISBN 0691017646
Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa
by W.Y. Evans-Wentz
ISBN 8178222523
The Gheranda Samhita: A Treatise on Hatha Yoga
by Sris Chandra Vasu
ISBN 1436690420
Links:
Raja Yoga wikipedia.org
In: Spiritual · Tagged with: books, yoga
Unified Field Theory beyond reach?
The field of quantum theory is like Disney land – everything is possible!
Yesterday I was introduced to Nassim Haramein’s grand unified field theory by my girlfriend through a popularized presentation on youtube. Although Nassim Haramein say “oh my God” a bit to often for my personal taste, he comes across as is an original thinker.
In short “we are embedded in a fractal feedback dynamic that intrinsically connects all things via the medium of a vacuum structure of infinite potential”.
Nassim Haramein touches such diverse subjects as Applied physics, Quantum mechanics, Anthropology, Archeology, Astrophysics, Biology, Black Hole Physics, Chemistry, Cosmology, Crop Circles, Event, Psychology and Sociology.
I tried to find Nassim Haramein’s page on wikipedia.org but apparently it has been deleted.
One of Nassim Haramein’s logics: If the world is expanding, the world must be contracting at the same time, according to Newtons fundamental law of motion in physics (To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction). This is a compelling argument, but what do this have to do with messages to the human race from outer space in crop circles?
Thank God I am not a physicist or even a scientist, but just a layman.
Links:
The Resonance Project theresonanceproject.org
Nassim Haramein 1 – 45 youtube.com
Grand Unified Field Theory: Nassim Haramein Pt.1 (10 min. interview) youtube.com
Crossing the Event Horizon youtube.com
Related:
Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
by Ervin Laszlo
ISBN 9781594770425
In: Science, philosophy · Tagged with: physics
Introduction to a famous qigong teacher
Links:
Guolin Qigong neigong.net
In: Spiritual, Taiji · Tagged with: health, medical, qigong
Play Ball
Other play ball links:
Kim Strother’s Swiss Ball Workout youtube.com
Any suggestions?
In: Culture, Humor, Taiji · Tagged with: ball
Alcoholic Poisoning
A few recipes from the straight forward, very practical and ingenious food branch of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) to cure hangovers from drinking to much alcohol.
a. 15 g tea infused in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drink a large cupful.
b. Put 15 g of withe sugar in 30 ml vinegar. Dilute with hot water, and when the sugar has completely dissolved drink.
c. Take 60. g black soya beans. Add a suitable amount of water and heat until boiling, then drink.
Reference:
Eating Your Way to Health: Dietotheraphy in Traditional Chinese Medicine
P. 66
ISBN 711901885X
My personal tips in order to avoid a severe hangover after a drinking binge:
(water, protein, sugar, salt, vitamins)
Drink a large amount of water
Eat a protein rich snack (ex. eggs and bacon, herring or salmon)
Spice with salt
Take a vitamin pill or a vitamin C
Drink Orange Juice
The body should of curse rest (sleep) to be able to recuperate properly. Drink 2 big glasses of water before going to bed.
The day after. Some light exercise and appropriate massage to relieve tensions may be in place after the circumstances. Some people feel that a walk helps. And my girlfriend recommends a warmth foot bath with herbs against colds and others symptoms of discomfort.
Links:
Hangover wikipedia.org
In: Food, Science · Tagged with: alcohol, medicine, TCM
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
In: Business, Culture, Law, Politics, Science, philosophy · Tagged with: money
