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?
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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.
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.
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.