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Date:      Thu, 20 May 1999 15:25:44 +0200
From:      Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se>
To:        jwelsh@qrtp.quintiles.com
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: questions
Message-ID:  <19990520152544.B38768@sr.se>
In-Reply-To: <85256777.00432791.00@qrtplc01.qrtp.quintiles.com>; from jwelsh@qrtp.quintiles.com on Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:13:29AM -0400
References:  <85256777.00432791.00@qrtplc01.qrtp.quintiles.com>

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On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:13:29AM -0400, jwelsh@qrtp.quintiles.com wrote:
> im using the bash shell on freebsd 3.1 stable.. whats the proper way to
> set the $DISPLAY environment variable to run X apps on a remote machine?

If you use ssh to log in at the remote machine (needs of course sshd
running on the remote machine) then the DISPLAY variable is properly
set, and you don't have to worry about setting permissions on the remote
machine!

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regards, Gunnar       ---_ \<,_
email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_)


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