* Anne Carasik (gator@cacr.caltech.edu) [020701 16:01]: > This one time, David Caplan wrote: > > Hi, I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do, maybe this will > > help :) > > does it matter if you authorize the other computer with xhost? > > or just a `xhost +` ? > > Nope, that didn't help. It may be because X11 isn't listening on > port 6000, but I really didn't think that would affect X11 forwarding. > > Guess it does. I'll try and set my X11 to listen, and if that fixes > it, it goes in the FAQ :) nonono! don't set your x server to listen for tcp and don't use xhost. That is the Wrong Way. The whole idea of using ssh's x forwarding is to avoid sending your X session (including all your keystrokes) across the wire in the clear. (It's also rather convenient, once it's set up right, to locally-display remote apps, but demonstrated difficulties in getting it set up negate any convenience argument in this case, I think!) For review: http://www.google.com/search?q=never+xhost&btnI=I good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -E.W. Dijkstra
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