[lug] My remote X apps post

Sean LeBlanc seanleblanc at attbi.com
Tue Dec 18 13:01:03 MST 2001


On 12-18 12:00, Gary Hodges wrote:
> OK, I determined it is related to the firewall.  I turned off ipchains
> and ghostview popped right up.  Now I'll go try and figure out what
> settings I need to fiddle with.

You are doing this over the wider, capital-I, Internet? Sounds like a big
security risk to me. Can't you just use ssh with X11 forwarding on?  

Just my $0.02. 

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