Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:16:19 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running X without a videocard Message-ID: <200811200116.mAK1GJKq073848@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <20081119233840.GA14744@ayn.mi.celestial.com> (message from Bill Campbell on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:38:40 -0800) References: <006b01c949da$2985e9f0$7c91bdd0$@com> <20081119112554.R6005@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <200811191035.mAJAZc21042934@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <11167f520811191058m7e07c347u272dc9db0a15027d@mail.gmail.com> <20081119224923.L8555@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081119233840.GA14744@ayn.mi.celestial.com>
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> This complexity of DISPLAY ans xhost is why I find it far easier to use ssh > to make connections where I want to run X-clients. There is this command that I tend to like, to be run in a trusted environment only (but using DISPLAY and xhost means that your network is already trusted): xrsh. It connects using the same rules/permissions as rsh, but it also exports the DISPLAY, and it leaves no process waiting on the machine where you executed xrsh. Olivier
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