How do I use an X application on remote system without maintaining any login session to it?

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Issue

  • How do I open a GUI application on remote system without maintaining login session to the system?
  • Login to remote system with SSH X forwarding
  • Start any GUI application in background
  • Logout from SSH session, the GUI application gets closed

$ ssh -X user@host                   <--connect to the server
$ /path/to/application/binary &     <-- Start GUI application in background
$ exit                                       <---exit the shell
                                               <---the shell in hang state and does not return the login prompt of parent
Ctrl+C                                  <---the shell finally exits, but the process stops
$

  • How can I make the process start, using the machine's own X-server, so I can start the process remotely.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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