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How to run Red Hat GUI administration tools

Red Hat ships with many graphical administration and configuration tools that are pre-configured in Gnome’s start menu; many users would like to run these GUI tools from X-Win32 StarNetSSH, rexec, or rsh sessions, but are not familiar with the names of the commands that start these tools. To run one of these tools, follow the steps below.

Steps to run a Red Hat GUI administration tool

  1. Login to Red Hat machine either on the console or through an Xdmcp session under X-Win32
  2. Open the Gnome Start Menu and navigate to the shortcut for the application that you would like to start
  3. Right-click on the shortcut in the Start Menu and select properties (as shown in the screenshot below)
  4. The name of the command used to start the application in question is in the Command field of the Launcher Properties window that has opened
  5. There are a few different ways to run the command under X-Win32:
    1. Start the command from an xterm that was started with an X-Win32 session (e.g. type gnome-terminal, then press Enter)
  1. Start the command directly from a StarNetSSH, rexec, or rsh session in X-Win32 (e.g. change the Command field in your session to gnome_terminal -ls from xterm -ls)

    Selecting Properties for a shortcut in the Red Hat Gnome Start Menu

    redhat-commands-start-menu.png

    Location of the command name in the Red Hat Gnome Launcher Properties window

    redhat-commands-launcher-properties.png

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