About X and vnc sessions
VNC sessions
if your laptop runs a VNC client, that's the easy way to run interactive tools on faraday
on faraday
faraday runs a vnc server, and here is how to create a VNC tunnel
example from a MAC:
- ``` ssh -L localhost:5901:vnc-yourslicename:5900 yourslicename@faraday.inria.fr
* while this is running I can use e.g. the `VNC Viewer` app on the MAC
and connect to `localhost:1`, in order to get an interactive X11 session on faraday
* using port e.g. 5902 instead of 5901 means I need to connect to `localhost:2`
**other OS'es**:
* significantly easier from a linux box
vncviewer -shared -via yourslicename@faraday.inria.fr vnc-yourslicename
* see detailed instructions for other OS'es here (on faraday itself):
less /usr/share/doc/vncserver-sop/README.txt
``
where you replaceSERVERwithfaraday.inria.frandLOGINwithyour_slicename`
X11 sessions
if your laptop already runs an X server, you can create an X11 tunnel using either of openssh's native -X or -Y options
on faraday
ssh -Y your_slicename@faraday.inria.fr
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on a node
providided that the node OS has the X clients installed
ssh -Y your_slicename@faraday.inria.fr ssh -Y root@fit01
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