[CentOS] OT: configuring xming to know putty's not in a std. location

[J Martin Rushton]

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
> 
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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".

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