question about multiple machines

[Thiago Macieira]

On Monday 27 July 2015 11:25:46 Erik Bennett wrote:
> I'm new to D-Bus, so please be patient.
> 
> I have a situation where I have three computers and one XTerminal.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_terminal>
> 
> The three machines are:
> 
>   * darkstar (compile/build machine)
>   * nostromo (thunderbird/firefox)
>   * sulaco (file server/nautilus)
> 
> All three display on the Xterminal, some as different users.
> 
> My question(s):
> 
>   * Will d-bus handle this (admittedly unusual) situation gracefully?

That depends on what you mean by "gracefully". 

D-Bus is not network-transparent. Each machine will behave as if it were 
isolated from the rest. Any remote X windows will behave as if they were being 
displayed on the local machine's display. Those processes will not talk to 
other processes running on different machines over D-Bus -- though they may 
still see each other via X.

>   * Will just one computer be the d-bus "master"?

Question is not relevant.

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