On 05/07/2014 09:58 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On 05/06/2014 10:33 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
>> ... What is the default GUI file manager (that allows an end user to 
>> "point and click" on an executable file to execute the application) 
>> that can be invoked from a remote terminal?
> You can invoke nautilus remotely in either 'spatial' mode or 'file 
> manager mode.'
> ...
> You may also want to look at the ssh documentation and read up on the 
> difference between the '-X' command line switch and the '-Y' command 
> line switch.
>
>
Also note that nautilus invoked in this way won't be able to access 
'network' resources.  However, there is a way, and that is to not 
directly launch nautilus, but use 'dbus-launch' to launch it.  So, for 
'file manager' mode with URI's like dav://, sftp://, etc working you 
would need:
dbus-launch nautilus --browser &

This works; I'm using it right now with a remote server doing a copy of 
a 50GB or so tree of mp3 audio clips out of a Plone website to the 
straight filesystem using WebDAV.  Not exactly fast, but it is working.  
Yes, this could be done in other ways, but since I was on this topic 
already today, I thought I'd try it out.