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Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm

From Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm
Date 2020-04-28 19:50 +0200
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On Apr 28, 2020, Steve Keller wrote:
> What are best practices to create a remote terminal?  I see to ways:
> Create a local terminal emulator and run ssh to the remote host in
> that or call ssh to run the terminal emulator on the remote host,
> i.e.
> 
>     xterm -e ssh -X <host>      or      ssh -X <host> xterm -ls
> 
> What are pros and cons?  I see one: The latter will produce more
> overhead as it runs the X11 protocol through the ssh tunnel.

I must be missing something key - what's wrong with "ssh user@host" ?

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Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm "Steve Keller" <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2020-04-28 18:10 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-04-28 18:10 +0200
    Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-04-28 19:10 +0200
      Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-28 20:20 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2020-04-28 19:50 +0200
    Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-28 20:20 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-04-28 21:10 +0200
    Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-04-28 21:40 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm Bob McGowan <ramjr0915@gmail.com> - 2020-04-28 22:50 +0200

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