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". -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20180207/aec1a2a8/attachment-0005.sig>