On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:44:56 -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Problem: > > I log in from a remote location, but I need to start an aplication > (example: emacs /home/user/documents/importantpaper & ) > so that the person at home can see it and work with it. Should be as simple as set your DISPLAY to your own X. I.e., export DISPLAY='<you_own_not_remote_host>:0.0' That's it. HTH tong