Solaris graphical applications can be piped through a secure shell connection, and displayed on a remote system. This allows you to run graphical applications from a headless system.

1. Modify the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to allow X11 forwarding:

# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

  => Change X11Forwarding to 'yes'

2. Save the file, and restart /etc/init.d/sshd:

# /etc/init.d/sshd restart

3. Log out, then log back in using ssh -X:

$ ssh -X blade

4. Set the DISPLAY variable using:

$ export DISPLAY=localhost:10.0

5. Set the PATH to include /usr/openwin/bin:

$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/openwin/bin

6. Finally, execute a graphical application:

$ xcalc &