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Stupid sysadmin question



I will install Mocha on my laptop and see how that works.  Since we all
have admin privs on our laptops, if mocha appears to be a viable
alternative, I can get Andrew to install it on his, or possibly have IT
install it.

On 11/04/2009 06:33 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> This is trivially easy with putty and Mocha X11. Configure Mocha to
> start on login.  Configure a session in putty and save it with an
> appropriate name. Create a shortcut to putty on the desktop, and
> edit its properties to launch the named session when double-clicked.
>
> In the shortcut properties:
>
>     "C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe" -load "named session"
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>  =20
>> On 11/04/2009 03:13 PM, David Hummel wrote:
>>    =20
>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>> Some of my users want to be able to access our servers directly from=

>>>> Exceed.
>>>>
>>>>        =20
>>> Would it be a stretch to suggest to your users to use Cygwin/X
>>> instead?  There should be no issues with ssh connectivity there...
>>>
>>>
>>>      =20
>> They currently use putty to connect via ssh, and exceed provides the X=

>> services. The issue is very specific, the user wants to set up an icon=

>> on his desktop so he can click it and log in directly through Exceed.
>> Additionally, IT installs software on most of the laptops.
>>
>>    =20
>
>
>  =20


--=20
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