[101009] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Exporting x-server apps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Canary)
Tue Nov 24 07:57:14 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 06:58:04 -0600
From: Robert Canary <rwcanary@ohiocounty.net>
Reply-To: rwcanary@mail.lig.bellsouth.net
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
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Kyle Hargraves wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Robert Canary wrote:
>
> > > > I am still trying to get my linux box to export my x-apps to my x-server
> > > > here at work.
> > > >
> > > > I start a terminal...connect to my linux box....
> > > > [rwcanary@office rwcanary]$DISPLAY=workIP:0.0
> > > > [rwcanary@office rwcanary]$export DISPLAY
> > > > [rwcanary@office rwcanary]$xv
> > > > [rwcanary@office rwcanary]$ xv
> > > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 113
> > > > xv: Can't open display
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have idea as what to do next?
> > > >
> > > The remote machine is trying to display on the local
> > > machine but the local machine is not giving the remote
> > > machine permission to display
> >
> > Yes I think it is a firewall problem. Dun no.
> >
> > >
> > > On system running RH < 5.0 add the line in .Xclients
> > >
> > > xhost + name_of_remote_machine@domain
> > >
> > > On RH >=5.0 create a file called .Xclients and add the line
> > >
> > > xhost + name_of_remote_machine@domain
> > >
> >
> > Is this for a Linux to Linux machine?
>
> well unix to unix or more specifically X to X
>
> > Is the "name_of_remote_machine" my WindowsNT machine here at work (yes
> > assume)?
> >
> it is the name of the machine upon which you are attempting
> to run the application. Your local machine is the machine you
> wish to have the display directed to. In your example
>
> $DISPLAY=workIP:0.0
Check. That's what I have.
>
> sets the remote machine to display at WorkIP which is
> the local machine (in this discussion)
>
> The local machine requires an .Xclients file which lists
> the names (fqdn) of machines permitted to effect X sessions on
> the local machine
Well, there's the confusion, the local machine (workIP) is a windowsNT
machine running X-WinPro 4.2. There is nothing in the docs about a
.Xclients like there would be on a unix-like.
LinuxBox ----> WinNT
(remote) (local)
home work
--
robert
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