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Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 09:44:37 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Run Windows application via ssh
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Mauro Migliorati wrote:

> I manage to connect via ssh but, when I try to open an application, like
> notepad, it does not appear on the client screen.

This will not work unless the application is an X Windows program. 
Native windows apps cannot be used remotely with ssh, because they are
not network-aware.  This may be possible with remote desktop/terminal
server/etc, but it's outside the scope of Cygwin.  All that ssh can do
is forward a stream of bytes across the connection.  The application
must be designed to work in this manner, such as X11 apps.  Ssh cannot
work miracles.

Brian

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