On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 02:13, Giovanni Riganti wrote: > Alle 10:55, mercoledì 28 luglio 2004, Neil Marjoram ha scritto: > > Sorry to be a bit thick, I could find the answer anywhere. > > I am trying to display an X app from a different system on my system. It > > does not seem to work on FC2, has anything changed? > > > > What I am doing : > > > > Remote : > > export DISPLAY=hostname.here.uk:0.0 > > > > Local : > > xhost + > > access control disabled, clients can connect from any host > > > Remote : > > ./firefox & > > > > (firefox-bin:28349): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > > > I've tried several apps but get similar problems. > > Is there anything else that controls the security for X now? Or am I being a > little thick? > > > > Thanks, > > > > If the network is not a problem (local & remote pc are connected in the same > LAN), use ssh. > > [local@local /]ssh -l user remote > [user@remote /]mozilla& > > note: you must enable X11Forwarding in /etc/ssh/sshd_config > > > Saluti, > Gio > > > -- > @uptime@ 11:03:15 up 61 days, 19:50, 4 users, > ALso VNC is a good substitute. I use it for RDC type connections with Linux Boxes. The protocol it self is not secure but it can be used with ssh. Getting Strated for UNIX style systems http://www.realvnc.com/gettingstarted.html#4 Using SSH with VNC http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/sshvnc.html
