re: temporary allowing telnet to use x-windows
Hi John,
Just a thought - you may be interested in checking out something
like X-Win32. I played around with a demo for a bit and it seemed
ok. Last URL I had was http://www.starnet.com.
Cheers,
Alan
> From: "john smith" <inquirer23@hotmail.com>
> To: kmself@ix.netcom.com
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: re: temporary allowing telnet to use x-windows
> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 05:56:01 GMT
> ok...I'll try to clarify this....Basically, What I want is:
>
> o User is on one machine in local network (windows)
> O Wants to connect to a second machine (debian)
>
> user wants to telnet to debian (using windows) then wants to try to run
> x-window via telnet.
>
> how can these be done temporarily and easily? with no regard to security if
> it will make it easier...
>
> Does it make any sense? there is no particular reason why we want to do this
> other than just to try and make it work.
>
>
>
> >...if I've misunderstood your post, please clarify your question.
> >
> >
> >
> >One possible other interpretation is that you are trying to telnet
> >*from* 10.1.0.1 to 10.1.0.2, and want to start an X session *on the
> >remote host* (note that this ordinarily isn't viewable to the user).
> >Generally, the file /etc/X11/Xserver disallows non-root users from
> >initiating an X session unless they're sitting at the console. See
> >this
> >file for further information (its about a dozen lines).
> >
> >--
> >Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
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