Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 November 2006 19:37, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> I wondered about that in the past, so I'll pull that back out of >>> rc.local just for test the next time I reboot this box. >> You're doing what in rc.local? >> > The > xhost +192.168.71.2 > thing. This is not going to work from rc.local. It has to be run in the X secession you are trying to control. It has to be able to connect to the X server. It also needs DISPLAY set so it knows what X server to connect to. You could run it in the terminal window before running ssh to connect to the remote machine. Some things to keep in mind: The X server is running on the machine you want the program (client) to display on. You can run a command on a remote machine and have it connect to the X server on the local machine. The relationship between the client and server is backwards from the way most people are used to thinking of client/server. You connect to a web server on a remote machine, but a remote X program connects to the X server on the local machine. (Local X programs also connect to the X server on the local machine.) You have to run xhost on the local machine in X. You are changing permissions on who can connect to the local X server. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
