On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 09:37:06AM -0500, Ken Schneider wrote:
Actually you do not need to do a remote "X" login for this.
1. allow remote computers to display their "X" apps on your display using xhost +(server name) or just xhost + for all hosts.
2. ssh to the remote server. It should automatically set the "DISPLAY" variable to point to your machine.
3. run the command of your choice and it should just show up on your local display.
I use this all the time to connect from home to work to use graphical tools on remote machines. Works like a champ.
It is much more complicated to do that way, but it works when you get it right. I had way too much frustration screwing around with DISPLAY=blah:x.x and when I discovered the wonder of ssh... ahhhhhh. No resolution is perfect, however. -- Brad Shelton On Line Exchange http://ole.net Phone: 313-526-1111 Fax: 313-526-3333