[ale] Re: Display Environment

[jb at sourceillustrated.com (John Wells)]

What about using ssh?  Xauth can be used and is more secure than xhost, but
ssh seems to take care of everything rather easily and is password
authenticated.

Try:
ssh -X -l yourlogin thehostmachine thepathtoapp

For example, here's how I run an app on a machine (garcia) on my local
network:

ssh -X -l jbw garcia /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm


Good luck,
John

---------  Original message --------
From: Joseph A Knapka <jknapka at earthlink.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: Jon Faranda <jonfa at bellsouth.net>
CC: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Re: Display Environment
Date: 04-22-02 07:28

> &gt; Jon Faranda wrote:
&gt;
&gt; Hi,
&gt;
&gt; Thanks for the reply. I tried what was suggested; however, I get:
&gt;
&gt; xlib: connection to server &quot;computer2&quot; refused by server
&gt; xset: unable to open display &quot;computer2&quot;
&gt;
&gt; Do I need to set some variables on the client machine?

Oops, yeah. Try &quot;xhost +&quot; on the client machine. This
allows *any* app to open a connection to computer2's
X display; that could be dangerous in some
circumstances, but I don't know much more about X
security than that; maybe someone else can advise
better. Anyway, try &quot;xhost +&quot; and see if that
lets you start the app.

Cheers,

-- Joe
Using open-source software: free.
Pissing Bill Gates off: priceless.

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