14.1.4 Setting up the Client

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14.1.4 Setting up the Client

Now for the fun part - Getting the GUI to work on the remote or client computer. Check the emc.nml file for any occurrences of LOCAL and localhost and change them to REMOTE and your server IP address.

To test that it all works, EMC must first be started on the server with the usual ./emc.run command. On the client, first change to the EMC directory and use the following command:

plat/nonrealtime/bin/tkemc

All being well, tkemc should connect with EMC running on the server and give you full control over the machine. A few notes from some initial tests...

If the IP addresses are resolved either from a DNS server or the local /etc/hosts files, then names can be used instead.
EMC must be run as root on the server.
The client GUI can connect as a user - It does not require root permissions.

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