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Putty is used for remote access. &nbsp;If you want to act as if you are local to the machine, use VNC.
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Putty is used for remote access.  If you want to act as if you are local to the machine, use VNC.

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This is a linux box. &nbsp;Creating a putty session and accessing it remotely was the method that I thought I could use to run these commands.
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This is a linux box.  Creating a putty session and accessing it remotely was the method that I thought I could use to run these commands.

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My ESX Servers are up and running and I wanted to start the Gui Interface. &nbsp;I thought I could launch a putty session, switch users to root and then launch startx from the command line. &nbsp;It tried Startx, StartX, startX, and startx. &nbsp;Can someone shed some light?<br />
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I was also trying to type ifconfig and nothing seems to work from the command line.
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My ESX Servers are up and running and I wanted to start the Gui Interface.  I thought I could launch a putty session, switch users to root and then launch startx from the command line.  It tried Startx, StartX, startX, and startx.  Can someone shed some light?

I was also trying to type ifconfig and nothing seems to work from the command line.

My ESX server is running.  How can I lauch Redha't GUI from the command line.  I thought it was startx

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.