Re: can't connect to Xserver (127.0.0.1) anymore

[Martin Bock <ixel@gmx.de>]

Hello!

Uwe Brauer wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2004, keeling@spots.ab.ca wrote:
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> > Better, use xauth:
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> aha, I did not about that one
>
> Thanks very muc
Just to complete it here, one can use secure shell:
in some xterm do

ssh -X root@localhost	or
ssh -X user@somewhere.somedomain

Then start your favourite X application without specifying the display, i.e.

acroread

ssh will automatically forward the X application to your display, and you do not have to rely on the (possibly) limited security features of X11. The network connection is encrypted (as ssh does), so you can do this across untrusted nets.

Cheers, Martin Bock