Chris Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CE> I'd like to use Emacs from within X on my home machine when I do CE> have to telnet in for work but I'm getting a refusal to give Emacs CE> X client access to the server on the remote machine (if I've got CE> the server/client naming the right way round). My questions are: CE> CE> 1) The remote machine isn't running X at the time, do I need to CE> leave it with X running or can I assume it will launch it? (It does CE> have a very limited VGA server up and running there.)
If the DISPLAY points to a different machine (as it will need to), you don't need to be running an X server on the remote machine. The client (Emacs) will know to Do The Right Thing. CE> 2) How do I set security in X so as minimise any possible holes but CE> to give me this access? I have looked through the documentation CE> but can't see anything pertinent. A man page suggests there is CE> another on "Xsecurity" and the Xhost man page suggests _that_ CE> isn't what I need. Please will someone point me at the right CE> documentation? I'd read the Remote-X-Apps mini-HOWTO, which explains some about xhost and xauth. IMHO the best way to go is by using ssh, which automatically sets up the necessary xauth magic and gives you an encrypted data stream to boot. -- _____________________________ / \ "Dad was reading a book called | David Maze | _Schroedinger's Kittens_. Asexual | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | reproduction? Only one cat is in the box." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Abra Mitchell \_____________________________/
