save a remote screenshot

[huangwason]

Hi I want to save a remote screenshot from my local PC. For example, I have a target with IP 10.0.100.1, if I login in via ssh to this target, I could save the screenshot by command
DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png
or
xwd -out -root -display :0.0 screenshot.xwd

Now I do not login via ssh, I want to save the remote screenshot in my local PC. I have tried command
ssh root@10.0.100.1 'DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png'
or
ssh root@10.0.100.1 'xwd -out -root -display :0.0 screenshot.xwd'

neither can save the screenshot, do someone any suggestion? Thanks in advance.

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Never saw those commands but you could try:

ssh root@10.0.100.1 'DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root - ' > screenshot.png
## or
ssh root@10.0.100.1 'xwd -out -root -display :0.0 - ' > screenshot.xwd

If redirection does not work, then maybe this will:

ssh root@10.0.100.1 'DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png'
scp root@10.0.100.1:./screenshot.png .
## or
ssh root@10.0.100.1 'xwd -out -root -display :0.0 screenshot.xwd'
scp root@10.0.100.1:./screenshot.xwd .

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[huangwason]

thanks LKBrwnDBA.