Xforwarding question

[Linda]

On 04/11/2013 04:25 PM, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Linda,
>
> On 11/04/13 20:25, Linda wrote:
>> I am playing around with X11 forwarding.
>> When I use ssh -X and I am done and exit if I have displayed a remote graphical program instead of exit giving me logout then connection closed then a prompt on the local machine I get a response of logout but no connection closed and have to enter ctrl C to return to the prompt
>> I notice the same behavior with Xming and Putty from windows, ie not a clean exit so you have to manually close putty. Just wondering what I need to do to properly close everything when running remote X applications over ssh or putty.
> It sounds like your graphical program has not exited and so the
> connection does not get closed. How are you invoking the program? Are
> you putting an & at the end of the command to run it in the background?
> E.g.,
>
> 	$ xclock &
>
> Regards,
> Tony.

Actually it is running a text based  C++ program that 
invokes Thunderbird from the command line within the 
program, It is a semi automated Mass mailing, takes a csv 
file, with customer name, business name, and email, combines 
with a text file that holds the body of an email, and 
accepts variables to set a common subject line and 
attachement. It then opens the composition window of 
thunderbird filling in the email address, greeting, etc lets 
you double check it and send, then brings up the window for 
the next line of the csv file until you reach the end of the 
file.  The email composition window closes when you send, 
and control returns to the C++ program but since I don't 
really understand how the Xforwarding works It is very 
likely that even though it looks like it has closed and has 
moved on to the next line of the loop it is really still 
active somehow.
I actually have users accessing it from elsewhere via 
teamviewer but the linux version  is beta and last I knew 
still did not work properly for remote access so I'm jumping 
through hoops so it can be acceessed and ran via Windows. 
While I was at it, I figured I could quit making people in 
the office physically move to run it and let them run it via 
ssh with X11 forwarding.
As long as killing putty and the ssh -X command in the 
terminal window kills anything that is left open I guess it 
isn't a major problem, but it would be nice to understand 
the process well enough to be able to have clean exits. 
Years ago I bought The Joy of X by Niall Mansfield and never 
got around to reading it. Although totally out of date, 
perhaps I should take time to read it now to better 
understand the process.
Why does the graphical window need to run in the background? 
Just thinking about future uses. Normally all of my commands 
are called via menus if they have to be called differently 
when accessed via ssh -X than when accessed directly from 
the server is there a way to know if a user has logged in 
via ssh so they can be given a different menu?

                Thanks
                 Linda