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Re: X server via network.



Sebastien Phelep <seb@kaouenn.univ-ubs.fr> writes:

> Your remote machine is remote.foobar.com, your local one local.foobar.com;
> On your local machine, type "xhost + remote.foobar.com", on the remote
> one, type "setenv DISPLAY local.foobar.com:0.0" (C Shell) or "export
> DISPLAY=local.foobar.com:0.0" (Bourne Shell).
> 
> You should now be able to get what you wanted.
> Warning: anybody can display a program on your own Display once you've
> granted permissions with xhost.

You would be safer to use xauth.  Then only you can access the
display.

-- 
Rob


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