From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 04:36:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3EE16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 04:36:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E845143D2F for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 04:36:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5061F40822; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:35:53 +0100 (CET) From: Cordula's Web To: Mike.Jeays@rogers.com In-reply-to: <1078921348.65457.0.camel@chaucer> (message from Mike Jeays on 10 Mar 2004 07:22:28 -0500) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <1078892001.41520.12.camel@chaucer> <1078921348.65457.0.camel@chaucer> Message-Id: <20040310123553.5061F40822@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:35:53 +0100 (CET) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote access in 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:36:29 -0000 > > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:13:21PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > Since upgrading from 4.7 to 5.1, I can no longer open an xterm from > > > another machine by setting the DISPLAY variable to point to the 5.1 > > > machine. Is there some setting that is now disabled by default for > > > security? Other connectivity works fine. > > > > XFree86 no longer defaults to use the -listen_tcp option; see the > > startx manpage. You may prefer to use ssh's X11Forwarding with 'ssh -X remotehost', and avoid -listen_tcp for security reasons. Make sure that X11Forwarding is set to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/