Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:08:46 -0500 From: Jason Stewart <jstewart@rtl.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote X display Message-ID: <20040122150846.GC1731@rtl.org> In-Reply-To: <20040122145353.GB54084@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040122145353.GB54084@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On 22/01/04 14:53 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I > see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use > xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. > > All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client > connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about > security. > > Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through > all of the xdm configuration hoops? > One idea is to use SSH. If you have sshd on the remote desktop you can use ssh -X to enable X11 forwarding. Just ssh into the remote box and run the X application and you're set to go, provided that X11 forwarding is enabled in the remote sshd_config. Good Luck, Jason
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