How to bring up System settings GUI tool using Cygwin-X over SSH

Question

I am connecting to my headless ubuntu 12.04 server using SSH and I want to make some changes to system settings.

There is no desktop manager running so VNC is not an option for me.

I have Cygwin-X installed on my windows laptop. Is there any way to bring up the System Settings GUI tool using Cygwin-X over SSH?

I am trying to make changes to Network settings. I'm sure there is a way to do it on the command line but I want to know how it can be done using X forwarding over SSH. Specifically, I want to know the command to launch the 'System settings' GUI .

user45763 · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-04 01:29:44Z

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Essentially, if nothing is messed up you should be able to simple do the following:

ssh -Y user@machineIP

The -Y enables trusted X11 forwarding.

Then to open the system settings program simply type:

gnome-control-center

edited May 4 '12 at 1:29

answered May 4 '12 at 1:05

user45763
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	I am aware of this functionality. I am using PuTTY with X11 forwarding enabled and I have Cygwin-X running on my Windows client machine. I just want to know the specific command to launch the 'System Settings' GUI tool. – squashbuff May 4 '12 at 1:14
	Perfect! Exactly what I wanted. Thank you. – squashbuff May 4 '12 at 1:53

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