23 Nov
2003
23 Nov
'03
15:42
Stan Glasoe
On Saturday 22 November 2003 6:59 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
Either use xhost + or xhost +(name-of-other-computer) without the paren's
Next connect to the remote computer using either telnet (bad) or ssh (good).
Set the DISPLAY= to (your_computer-name):0 without the paren's
Finally run the program.
Ken Schneider
Why do it insecurely via xhost?
Some people will never accept that some methods are insecure and shouldn't be used. You can repeat the sentence "Don't use xhost, use ssh -X instead" forever but it has no effect on them ;-). -- A.M.