Re: curious: Re: running another X from within X
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:43:07PM -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:
[snip]
| edit /etc/X11/Xserver, the file:
|
| ---
| /usr/bin/X11/XFree86
| Console
|
| The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X
| server.
| The second line shows who is allowed to run the X server:
| RootOnly
| Console (anyone whose controlling tty is on the console)
| Anybody
| ---
|
| Switch console to Anybody, but be aware that this means you can ssh in
| (you don't have telnet running do you!) and startx for what ever
| that's worth security wise...
Don't open up your X server, just enable X forwarding over the ssh
tunnel. Then you can simply ssh in, then run any X apps.
man ssh
man sshd
If these don't give you enough info, ask here.
-D
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