CentOS - Feb 2018 - OT: configuring xming to know putty's not in a std. location

Is there some way to do this? I've got the current putty (actually,
putty-cac), pageant, and plink in my user's Downlods directory - neither
he nor I have admin authority on his laptop, and Desktop support's
teleworking today - but I can't seem to find a way to configure xming to
look there for putty.

Or is it start putty, *then* start xming?

      mark

As far as I know Xming is a Windows software.

If you are using a SSH tunnel, you would need to run putty first.

In any case, you need to enable on putty X11 connections (Connection ->
SSH -> X11 -> Enable X11 forwarding ) if you are running any software on
your linux machine.

Regards,

Miguel




On 02/07/18 8:45 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Is there some way to do this? I've got the current putty (actually,
> putty-cac), pageant, and plink in my user's Downlods directory -
neither
> he nor I have admin authority on his laptop, and Desktop support's
> teleworking today - but I can't seem to find a way to configure xming
to
> look there for putty.
> 
> Or is it start putty, *then* start xming?
> 
>       mark
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On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 14:45 -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us
wrote:
> Is there some way to do this? I've got the current putty (actually,
> putty-cac), pageant, and plink in my user's Downlods directory -
neither
> he nor I have admin authority on his laptop, and Desktop support's
> teleworking today - but I can't seem to find a way to configure xming
to
> look there for putty.
> 
> Or is it start putty, *then* start xming?
> 
No start xming in passive mode (I don't know xming so don't know how to
do that - you just want to start the xserver and not have it start any
applications on the remote machine).

Start putty with X11 forwarding turned on and connect.

You should now be able to start X programs.

The important thing is that the server needs to be started before
initiating the connection so that a display can be assigned.

Can I suggest an alternative though. I've started using MobaXterm
recently and I'm quite impressed: X11 server, SSH/putty client built
in, GL capable etc.  Home use is free.

P.

Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 14:45 -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Is there some way to do this? I've got the current putty (actually,
>> putty-cac), pageant, and plink in my user's Downlods directory -
neither
>> he nor I have admin authority on his laptop, and Desktop support's
>> teleworking today - but I can't seem to find a way to configure
xming to
>> look there for putty.
>>
>> Or is it start putty, *then* start xming?
>>
>
> No start xming in passive mode (I don't know xming so don't know
how to
> do that - you just want to start the xserver and not have it start any
> applications on the remote machine).
>
> Start putty with X11 forwarding turned on and connect.
>
> You should now be able to start X programs.
>
> The important thing is that the server needs to be started before
> initiating the connection so that a display can be assigned.
Thank you! That did it. He's happy.
>
> Can I suggest an alternative though. I've started using MobaXterm
> recently and I'm quite impressed: X11 server, SSH/putty client built
> in, GL capable etc.  Home use is free.
I can look at it, but this is what he knows, and he's too busy to try
something else. Hell, he's just pushed me updating and rebooting his
at-work CentOS workstation until next week, and I have a job to keep them
going, not for my convenience. <G>

       mark