[H-GEN] remote X

[Andrew Over]

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On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 01:35:40PM +1000, staeci at yahoo.com wrote:
> I've telneted to local machine shivan from serra and would like
> to run X apps but get the following... 
> 
> [staeci at shivan staeci]$ xterm &
> [1] 1939
> [staeci at shivan staeci]$ Xlib: connection to "serra:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: serra:0.0

Have a look at xhost(1x).  On serra, you can try running "xhost +",
which will disable access control, and allow anyone to play with your
desktop.  Obviously, a more specific command line is preferred :)

Your other option is to switch to ssh.  If properly configured ssh
will set up everything necessary to use X remotely, and encrypt the
connection too.

Cheers,
--Andrew

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