Re: network transparent GTK apps

[Andreas Volz <lists brachttal net>]

Am Sun, 15 May 2005 16:40:59 +0100 schrieb Henry Gomersall:

> What I want to achieve is a method by which i can control the media
> box from any of the other devices (including the PDA).
>
> The architecture we are thinking of utilises some kind of generic
> service-advertising/control daemon running on the media box. This is
> capable of performing local commands and operations.
>
> On a remote machine (laptop or PDA) exists a program that talks to the
> media machine. The media machine forwards something like a glade XML
> file to the remote machine which then renders it. At this point it all
> becomes a little vague.

Why do you not use "ssh user host command" to access the application
which controls the media pc? And if you share your ssh keys you don't
need to type your passwort. What are the benefits of programming an
complete new client/server system?

regards
Andreas