Remote configuration

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John Coppens <john at jcoppens.com> | Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:39:19 -0200

> Hi people...
> 
> I just tried to open the xfce-setting-show remotely, using
> --display mychine:0.0, but to may surprise, the data showing
> was the configuration of my - local- machine!
> 
> I ssh'd from A to machine B, then called
> 
> xfce-setting-show --display A:0.0
> 
> and, instead of seeing B's setup, I see A's. 

I don't see how that is possible if the command was indeed run on
machine B. Try the following for testing purposes:

john at a$ xhost +
john at a$ ssh -X B xfce-settings-show

and make sure B's /etc/ssh/sshd_config has "X11Forwarding yes".

> 
> If this isn't possible: I wanted to change the name of the background
> of the remote machine, and I couldn't find the file where this config
> item is stored. It is now set to the 'flower.png' image... Looked for
> files with 'flower' in them - didn't find any in the most obvious
> places. Where is this path stored?

~/.config/xfce4/desktop/backdrops.list is the background image list.

-- 
Eli C.
2008:02:08