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

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

On 07/02/18 22:58, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> 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
> 
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I'd second Moba as a solution to contacting a Linux server from a Win
box.  https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ states that "You can download and
use MobaXterm Home Edition for free. If you want to use it inside your
company, you should consider subscribing to MobaXterm Professional
Edition: this will give you access to much more features, professional
support and "Customizer" software."  The keywords here are
"should" and
"consider".

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+1 Mobaxterm, X11 and SFTP support out of the box, also you get a nice bash
terminal with it and some extra cygwin based goodies.

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Martin Rushton" <martinrushton56 at
btinternet.com>
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 February, 2018 23:15:50
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: configuring xming to know putty's not in a
std. location
> On 07/02/18 22:58, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS at centos.org
>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>> 
> I'd second Moba as a solution to contacting a Linux server from a Win
> box.  https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ states that "You can download and
> use MobaXterm Home Edition for free. If you want to use it inside your
> company, you should consider subscribing to MobaXterm Professional
> Edition: this will give you access to much more features, professional
> support and "Customizer" software."  The keywords here are
"should" and
> "consider".
> 
> 
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