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Is it possible to x-forward windows apps to linux if windows PC running Xming?

I have been digging around looking for an answer to my question but have no been able to come up with anything. I know that xming server allows you to transparently run linux applications on windows ...
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Connection closed by remote host [closed]

Restarted a machine with cygwin installed, getting a weird error after password success. Has anyone run into this before? user@172.XXX.XXX.XXX's password: debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for ...
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I'm able to remotely ssh into Cygwin on XP, but it warns “Could not chdir to home directory” and my /bin is almost empty

I've made a firewall exception, opened ports 22 through 443 to the correct internal IP (I think), and am able to log in using my external IP, but it's like I have very limited view access to almost ...
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SSH Client for Windows that Allows Colors and File Explorer [closed]

I've tried out a few SSH clients to connect from Windows to Unix for school and I used putty, secure ssh client, and tessh, and bitvise. The only problem with the above is they all have either the ...
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Need help configuring Openssh on Win2008 via CYGWIN [closed]

I am trying to configure an OpenSSH server on Windows Server 2008 Datacenter via CYGWIN. I have installed and configured CYGWIN with OpenSSH and Basic LinuxUtils. I am logging onto the system on a ...
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Accessing Linux server from Windows machine in graphical mode via SSH

I need to access one of my school Linux servers from my home computer that runs Windows. And I need to access graphical desktop (X server) on them remotely, not only shell. The problem includes 3 ...
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1answer
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Fastest remote X from Windows

I have the following set up: |-----------------| |---------------| | Windows | LAN (or VPN) | Linux box | | (local machine) | ...
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How to efficiently use Console2 with screen/tmux/byobu?

I'm using Console 2 and msysgit's bash to SSH into my Linux machines. There, I'm using screen (but considering tmux and/or byobu), but currently simply with one single-terminal session per ...
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Is it possible to download extremely large files intelligently or in parts via SSH from Linux to Windows?

I have a ~35 GB file on a remote Linux Ubuntu server. Locally, I am running Windows XP, so I am connecting to the remote Linux server using SSH (specifically, I am using a Windows program called SSH ...
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1answer
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Can I use an SSH key generated on Linux from Putty?

I have been asked to generate a pair of SSH keys so that I can access a remote server for development. To generate the keys, I used the ssh-keygen tool on our CentOS box, which I successfully did. ...
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exit out of all SSH connections in one command and close PuTTY

Is there a way to back out of all SSH connections and close PuTTY in "one shot"? I work in Windows 7 and use PuTTY to SSH to various Linux hosts. An example of the way I find myself working: SSH to ...
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Can I connect to Windows machine from Linux shell?

I can connect to Linux machines from Windows using PuTTY/SSH. I want to do the other way round - connect to a Windows machine from Linux. Is this possible?
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Tmux border split in rxvt

I'm attempting to connect to my Arch server running tmux from my work Windows PC. I've found that while Console2 does a decent job with most things, it's not perfect, and I get all sorts of graphical ...
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1answer
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ssh tunnel on ssh tunnel between Windows and two Linux machines

I have the following configuration and want to establish a tunnel on a tunnel. I read already the following topic: How to put a tunnel in a tunnel? My configuration: Notebook --> Linux Server A ...
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How to copy files from linux to windows using winscp from a folder which contains millions of files

I need to copy files from a linux machine to a windows machine where the only ports which can be open are for SSH (22). I can connect to the linux machine using WinSCP but the problem is once I try to ...
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rsync via ssh from linux to windows sbs 2003 protocol mismatch

I am trying to backup my linux webserver to our local windows sbs 2003 server in the office. I have set up ssh and cwrsync on the windows server and have confirmed that the linux server can reach the ...