On Son, 2003-04-13 at 15:15, Fred Heitkamp wrote: > On 13 Apr 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dnzer wrote: > > > On Son, 2003-04-13 at 02:01, Fred Heitkamp wrote: > > > I have changed the default xserverrc by deleting > > > the nolisten but I still get "can't open display" > > > when trying to open windows on Debian from a > > > remote computer. > > > > You'd probably have to allow access with xhost, but you better forget > > about that, put the -nolisten tcp back and use ssh X forwarding instead, > > or is there a reason why you can't or don't want to use that? > > I normally use xhost + on the server and export DISPLAY.... on > the client. I have a small home network behind a home firewall > router so I don't worry much about security and eavesdropping. > I will try using X forwarding with SSH though, since that is > a good practice to adopt.
Indeed. Not only is it one of the most secure ways to use remote display, it's also one of the easiest to use. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
