Re: [debian-knoppix] To Display Program from another computer
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 12:14:21PM +0100, Christian Perle wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:07:21 +0100, Matthias Wieser wrote:
>
> > I want to display on my knoppix harddisk install computer a X-Window program
> > from a different computer.
> > xhost +
> > ssh user@othercomputer
> > export DISPLAY=knoppixcomputer:0
> > kmail
> > The program stops and can not display, because the Xserver denies this
> > service.
>
> Debian has some security defaults for the X server, like the
> "-nolisten tcp" option (guess what it does :)).
>
> If you use startx to start the X session, look into /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
> and edit the default options.
> If using xdm/kdm, change the default options in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers.
>
> Another way of getting remote X is ssh. Log into a remote machine
> like this:
>
> ssh -X username@hostname
>
> The X display will be forwarded (and encrypted) by ssh automagically.
> This works even with the "-nolisten tcp" option set.
>
Turns out that if you installed with knx-hdinstall, it's really
/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers that you need to edit.
Just found this myself.
--
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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