Re: launching GUI programs via command-line ssh

[Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria at Salira dot com>]

DAVID SPEAR wrote:

> I have been searching for a way to use "su" on my Win2K machine... 
> from the reading I've done in this group the easiest way is to run ssh 
> and log in as  Administrator. An excellent solution, and one that 
> works for me. I am curious
> as to how I might launch a Windows application from my root ssh 
> command line to display within my non-priveleged-user Win2K login session.
>
> I guess I'm looking for the Windows equivilant of the X environment 
> commands:
>
> unixhost% xhost +Administrator
> unixhost% setenv DISPLAY localhost:0.0
>
> so that if I wanted to run, say, the Event Viewer as root it would 
> display it  within my current logon session.

My understanding is that this cannot be done. MS Windows is NOT a 
network aware windowing system like X.
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