[lug] Newbie X-window questions

[Holshouser, David]

I sent this once already, but haven't seen it show up.
Sorry if you get this twice.

-----Original Message-----
From: Holshouser, David 
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 9:40 AM
To: 'lug at lug.boulder.co.us'
Subject: RE: [lug] Newbie X-window questions


you at local$ xhost +remote
you at local$ ssh you at remote
you at remote$ export DISPLAY=local:0
you at remote$ xterm&
you at remote$ exit
you at local$ xhost -remote

<disclaimer>I know this is the most insecure method of allowing access, but
for now it works.</disclaimer>

alternatively, you can learn about MIT_MAGIC_COOKIES
or, as you mentioned, you can use ssh.

ssh -X -n you at remote /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm

I'm not sure you need all of these switches, but this works for me through a
firewall to my home box from work.


NOTE: ssh will be much slower and if you are on your own LAN, secluded from
the world, it is unnecessary.


Here is my $HOME/.ssh/config
it helps with using X over a slow connection.

Compression yes
ForwardX11 yes


remember!

always RTFM! It's all there (if you know how to filter for what you need.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Murray [mailto:gmurray at Mines.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:50 AM
> To: Boulder Linux User's Group
> Subject: [lug] Newbie X-window questions
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If I have two Linux boxes, say "remote" and "local", then how do I
> open a window from remote on local?
> 
> Is this secure?  I mean, if I have ssh telnet connectivity between the
> boxes, can I open X-windows via ssh?  How much better is this?
> 
> Glenn Murray
> www.mines.edu/~glenn/public_html/Welcome.html
> 
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