> * start xterm (or any X-shell) on the client box > * xhost + ^^^ this is overkill if you're going to use ssh;
> * ssh -X -l user server_name the -X forwards X packets so there's no need to turn off X security with xhost. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Schoppitsch Dieter wrote: > I do it this way: > * start xterm (or any X-shell) on the client box > * xhost + > * ssh -X -l user server_name > * type xterm > and you are in your server. > > Dieter > > > > > I am unable to successfully export the display from one of my Debian > > boxen to another. I tried the following on the box I was using X on: > > > > xhost + > > > > and the following on the box I was trying to export the display from: > > > > export DISPLAY=10.1.1.33:0.0 > > > > Normally, this has worked under other distros and Unices (I have a > > Mandrake box and two SPARC's running Solaris 8 here), but I can't get it > > to work under Debian. Is there some package I've forgotten to install?? > > > > --Aaron Traas > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
