---
name: "ltsp-remoteapps"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ltsp"
version: "23.02-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ltsp-remoteapps/8"
---

# ltsp-remoteapps(8)

run applications on the LTSP server via ssh -X

## NAME

**ltsp remoteapps** - run applications on the LTSP server via ssh -X

## SYNOPSIS

**ltsp** \[*ltsp-options*\] **remoteapps** *application* \[*parameters*\] ...\
 **ltsp** \[*ltsp-options*\] **remoteapps** \[**-r** *register*\] *application* ...

## DESCRIPTION

Setup passwordless SSH, by ensuring that ~/.ssh/authorized\_keys contains one of the public user's SSH keys. Then execute **ssh -X server app params**. If the user has no SSH keys, a new one is generated. For **ltsp remoteapps app** to work, /home/username should already be mounted via NFS (on LTSP client boot) or SSHFS (on LTSP user login).

## OPTIONS

See the **[ltsp(8)](/ltsp/8.md)** man page for *ltsp-options*.

- **-r**, **--register**

  Register the specified applications as remoteapps, by creating symlinks in /usr/local/bin/*application* for each one of them. Since **/usr/local/bin** usually comes before **/usr/bin** in **$PATH**, the remoteapps should be invoked even if the application is selected from the system menu.

## EXAMPLES

The following ltsp.conf parameter can be used to register the MATE applications **users-admin** (Menu ▸ System ▸ Administration ▸ Users and Groups) and **mate-about-me** (Menu ▸ System ▸ Preferences ▸ Personal ▸ About Me) as remoteapps:

```
[clients]
REMOTEAPPS="users-admin mate-about-me"
```

That way, LTSP users are able to change their passwords or display names. The password change takes effect immediately, while for the new display name to appear in the LTSP client, the sysadmin must run **ltsp initrd** and the client needs to be rebooted.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019-2022 the LTSP team, see AUTHORS.

## SEE ALSO

[**ltsp**(8)](/ltsp/8.md), [**ltsp.conf**(5)](/ltsp.conf/5.md), [**ltsp-dnsmasq**(8)](/ltsp-dnsmasq/8.md), [**ltsp-image**(8)](/ltsp-image/8.md), [**ltsp-info**(8)](/ltsp-info/8.md), [**ltsp-initrd**(8)](/ltsp-initrd/8.md), [**ltsp-ipxe**(8)](/ltsp-ipxe/8.md), [**ltsp-kernel**(8)](/ltsp-kernel/8.md), [**ltsp-nfs**(8)](/ltsp-nfs/8.md)

Online documentation is available on https://ltsp.org