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I would like to run a process on a remote machine in interactive way, I mean that even though it doesn't require any user interaction I need that the process pops up a window GUI.
I Use Cygwin 1.7 and I am able to start the process with cygstart but I don't know how to show its GUI. I use this command:
cygstart --show --action=runas COMMAND
Moreover, I use my domain account - on the local and remote machine - and I noted on the Windows Task Manager that the process as User Name has my account but with a different Session ID.
The problem is related to Windows security default settings, and to accomplish that it should be possible - the question is how - to modify the Cygwin service sshd to "allow service to interact with desktop" or re-install sshd with cygrunsrv with --interactive flag.
Cygwin service sshd won't start if it has --interactive flag. After many endeavors I am still in the dark.
vimterd
Posted 2015-10-16T08:19:52.207
Reputation: 9
Not sure what you are talking about. You have ssh in a tag but nowhere in your question. If you mean what I think you mean based on your title and ssh tag, I wonder if some combination of SSH(which exists in cygwin) and psexec does it Though I doubt it. My guess is that SSH locks you into a command line. But there is an SSH with forwarding but it applies more to linux and I think even that, isn't quite launching remote applications, I think with that (maybe ssh -X) they launch locally or show locally, in some way.. – barlop – 2015-10-16T09:38:26.770
I discovered that the problem is related to Windows security default settings, and to accomplish that I should modify the Cygwin service to "allow service to interact with desktop". – vimterd – 2015-10-16T10:01:56.990
Then add that as an answer – Canadian Luke – 2015-10-16T13:44:23.283
The unique way that I have found to run a process on a remote machine in interactive way is with PsExec, it seems not possible to do the same with Cygwin. – vimterd – 2015-11-02T12:13:32.213