Xremote

This little utility is able to grab inputs from local X server to forward them on a remote X server.

It uses IPv4/UDP sockets, XTest extension and Xlib. For encryption it uses SHA-256 hash and AES-256 cipher.

Author

Antony Ducommun ([email protected])

Installation

make clean
make
make install

The default isntallation directory is :

/usr/local/bin

See the makefile. Or just copy xremote by yourself.

Usage

xremote [-p] --client serverhost [serverport]
xremote [-p] --server listenhost [listenport]

The -p argument means that the encryption password will be provided from standard input stream. The password is the first line of text found in input stream. For exemple :

cat mypwd.txt | xremote -p --client 192.168.1.1

When the pointer reach the left or right border of the local display, the client try to contact the server. If the server answer correctely, the local input devices are actively grabbed and every key/pointer event is sent to the server. The server repeat key/pointer events as they are received. If the pointer reach the left or right border of the remtoe display, the server contact the client to release the grab and the client comes back to a local input mode.

For exemple left and right borders means with three screens :

   DISPLAY
-------------
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
-------------

The left border is the x coordinate 0 on screen 0, the right border is x coordinate (width-1) on screen 2.

The pointer switching works as described here :

    LOCAL
   DISPLAY
-------------
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
-------------

   REMOTE
   DISPLAY
-------------
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
-------------

L0 -> L1 -> L2 -> R0 -> R1 -> R2 -> L0 L0 <- L1 <- L2 <- R0 <- R1 <- R2 <- L0

Default parameters

The client-side UDP port is fixed to :

#define XREMOTE_CLIENT_PORT  9875   

The server-side UDP port is fixed to :

#define XREMOTE_SERVER_PORT  9876

The default client-side listen host is fixed to :

#define XREMOTE_BIND_HOST    "0.0.0.0"

License

Free of use for any purpose ;)

Notice

This software has not been tested on a wide range of systems, and may contains critical bugs. Use it at your own risk _

TODO

• [high] Use keysym (more portable) instead of keycode.

• [high] Merge switchscreen utility with this one to quickly change active screen among local and remote displays.

• [high] Synchronize client screensaver with servers

• [low] Allows multiple servers per client

• [low] Provide a way to get/configure screen layouts