Ssh Os X

not unlike myself

I just had a potential convertee ask me the following...



"In linux, when I login via ssh I can access everything, from my chat client, and mp3 player, to server related services via a text based ssh console. Is this the same on Mac?"



What do I tell him?

lundy

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Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself

I just had a potential convertee ask me the following...



"In linux, when I login via ssh I can access everything, from my chat client, and mp3 player, to server related services via a text based ssh console. Is this the same on Mac?"



What do I tell him?

He can access anything that the user he is logging in as could access. Root is disabled on OS X by default, so he can't log in as root unless he goes to the machine and enables it, but he can use sudo as an admin to do root stuff.

code master

The biggest different is that the linux box is likely running an X windows server and therefore he can remotely run even graphical programs. Though there are similar tools for X native apps (Timbucktu, Apple Remote Desktop), it's not compatible with an X windows server.

gon

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Originally posted by Code Master

The biggest different is that the linux box is likely running an X windows server and therefore he can remotely run even graphical programs.

Bzzzzt! That is not a "difference". The Apple X11 server can forward X programs exactly the same, it just needs a change of settings. The difference is that neither OS X or Linux (duh!) can forward Quartz apps to a remote computer.

dobby

Completely irrelevant to the question.

Does anyone remember the -NXHost 1.2.3.4 qualifier on OpenStep.

You could start an app from any machine on any machine.

Not that it was useful mind you.



dobby.

code master

You can still open the programs remotely by typing 'open <app>'. Only problem is that it launches on the remote machine. It could be rather alarming to see a raft of programs suddenly opening on your local system from someone logged in as you remotely