Re: have windows xp at home......want to access unix ( sun - solaris ) a/c in college from home...please help

As previously mentioned, you can telnet/SSH into the box to access the 
CLI (command line interface).  Putty or other window terminal software 
will do the trick.  c:\windows\telnet.exe or wherever XP keeps it (that 
was the path in 95/98/ME) and Hyperterminal will do telnet, but SSH is 
more secure (i.e., SSH is secure, telnet isn't at all).

If you want to access the X graphical interface on the solaris box from 
home, you'll need software on your windows box that can handle the X11 
protocol and open X windows on your screen.  There are many commercial 
software packages available to do this, but most are designed for 
corpoprate use and priced accordingly (3 digits plus).  The one free 
software solution that I know of is cygwin-x11.   It's a free software 
Linux emulator for windows that you can get at www.cygwin.com.  The 
installer does assume some knowledge of linux, so if you're not 
comfortable with that, you might want to have a friend help you install 
it.  Then, do the following to access your Solaris account from home

[connect to the internet]
start Cygwin
% startx
[Cygwin opens an XFree86 window.  This takes a while, it's okay.  Your 
computer may act like it's hung for a few minutes, but it's just loading 
everything that it needs.  Go get yourself some soda while this happens]
(in one of the Xterm windows that you will see)
% ssh -X [email protected]
[enter password at prompt]
[use CLI to start Solaris graphical programs, which will appear as 
sub-windows under the XFree86 window]

When you're done:

%logout
%exit [in the upper-left Xterm]
[Xfree86 closes]
%exit
[Cygwin closes]

Hope this helps,

Andy

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