From: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: networking X Windows w/ ssh Message-ID: <38D0306A.5B6AD0A0@miltonstreet.com> References: <38CD87B6.1EF2E99B@miltonstreet.com>
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Sam Carleton wrote: > I have a FreeBSD box and two Linux boxes, all have X configured on > them. I would like to be able to run X Windows on the FreeBSD box and > open a xterm from one of the Linux boxes. The only catch is that I do > NOT use rsh, I use ssh2. I tried this (from page 315 of Complete > FreeBSD): > > ssh linuxbox1 xterm -ls -display freebsd:0 > > I get this error: > > Xlib: connection to "freebsd:0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: glob:0 > > What do I have to change to allow authorization? I love answering my own questions:) The answer is run xhost on the machine you are working from with an argument of the machine you want to run X apps on: freebsd# xhost linuxbox1 freebsd# ssh linuxbox1 xterm -ls -display freebsd:0 It works well! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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