On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:07:21AM +0100, Matthias Wieser said: > > xhost + > ssh user@othercomputer > export DISPLAY=knoppixcomputer:0 > kmail Take out the "xhost +" and "export DISPLAY" steps, and it should work, assuming the server hasn't disabled X11 forwarding in ssh. If it has, fix that on the server. "xhost +" is one of the most horrible security vulnerabilities in the world. There is an ancient C program to exploit to that to read every character you type, no matter what window it's in, and even passwords that aren't repeated back. It is only 132 lines, with copious whitespace and comments. This is trivial to exploit. Don't ever type "xhost +" again. You're completely defeating the purpose of using ssh in the first place. -- Shawn McMahon | All US citizens should immediately start open- Episode IV Consulting | signing their email messages as a voluntary act System Administrator | of patriotic duty. - Dr. Michael L. Love and all-around nice guy | http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/war.html
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