Bug 90220 - No way to tell which system its running on
Summary: No way to tell which system its running on
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-config-users
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-05-05 16:42 UTC by Edward J. Huff
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:53 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2003-05-22 13:46:17 UTC
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Description Edward J. Huff 2003-05-05 16:42:26 UTC
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Description of problem:
If I ssh to another system and start redhat-config-users
over the ssh X tunnel, there is no way (except if I know
certain users exist on one system and not another) to 
tell which system the window comes from.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-config-users-1.0.1-5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.ducks# /usr/bin/redhat-config-users &
2.ducks# ssh root@desk
3.desk# /usr/bin/redhat-config-users


Actual Results:  I get two user configuration windows, and no way to
tell which is which.


Expected Results:  The window title (or at least a menu item) should give hostname.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2003-05-22 13:46:17 UTC
I understand your point, but doesn't this same problem exist with pretty much
every application that you might run over an ssh tunnel?  I know I've gotten
confused in the past when I had two copies of an app running...one was local and
one was remote and it was pretty much impossible to tell the difference.  

So yes, I could change redhat-config-users, but that only fixes one app out of
hundreds.  In general, I'm reluctant to make those kinds of changes to one app
when the actual problem is a much larger issue.  I think the most feasible
answer is for the user to be careful when are running an application through an
ssh tunnel.


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