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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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