[luau] Beheading Servers

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> I have multiple servers that I am setting up and I was wondering what is
> the best way to run them headless? I'd want to remotely run X and be able
> to use the interactive tools, but I want to conserve resources by not
> running the X Windows client on the server. The only way I can think of is
> to run X as usual and then TightVNC in. Is there a way I can run the X
> server without starting up a client session?

1. Install X on the server but don't start it. Also install ssh.

2. Run X apps on the server with output sent to your workstation X display via
ssh. Syntax is ssh -X -f servername remoteappname  I use this to run a gkrellm
and xconsole on every server.

> 
> How is remote administration usually handled?
Also check out webmin



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