X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <29285392.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:20:49 -0700 (PDT) From: saravanan_k83 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: opening notepad.exe from linux to window via ssh runs in background In-Reply-To: <4C4F03F9.9040500@bopp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <29277832.post@talk.nabble.com> <4C4F03F9.9040500@bopp.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Hi, It was fixed after doing the following setup : Open control panel=3D> Administrative Tools=3D>Computer Management=3D>Servi= ces, lookup the sshd service, right click=3D>properties=3D>log on, and check the checkbox for =E2=80=9CAllow service to interact with desktop=E2=80=9D, and = restart the service. thanks Saravana Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: >=20 > On 7/27/2010 10:55 AM, Ryan McLeod wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:51 AM, saravanan_k83 >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have setup a ssh connection between linux box and windows using >>> cygwin, I >>> issued the java code to start notepad on windows. It actually starts >>> notepad >>> in background. i am not able to see it in foreground. >>> >>> javacode: >>> Runtime.getRuntime().exec("notepad.exe") >>> >>> I even tried setting CYGWIN sshd services "Allow service to interact >>> with >>> desktop" checked. still it is not showing up notepad screen. >>> >>> any idea how to fix this? >> >> You probably need to enable X11 forwarding to forward the GUI in the >> ssh client and server. >>=20 >> Ryan >=20 > Notepad is not an X client application, so no amount of X11 mischief > will affect it at all. That is probably not what the OP wants anyway. >=20 > I want to think that the ability to spawn GUI processes from an SSH > session stopped working for Windows Vista and above. Earlier Windows > versions can supposedly be made to do it by granting the desktop > interaction right to the account used to run the SSH server, but I > haven't tried to do that. >=20 > This issue has cropped up in the mailing list before with a fair bit of > discussion. Search the mailing list archives for details. >=20 > -Jeremy >=20 > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/opening-notepad.exe-fro= m-linux-to-window-via-ssh-runs-in-background-tp29277832p29285392.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple