On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:43:07PM -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: [snip] | edit /etc/X11/Xserver, the file: | | --- | /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 | Console | | The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X | server. | The second line shows who is allowed to run the X server: | RootOnly | Console (anyone whose controlling tty is on the console) | Anybody | --- | | Switch console to Anybody, but be aware that this means you can ssh in | (you don't have telnet running do you!) and startx for what ever | that's worth security wise...
Don't open up your X server, just enable X forwarding over the ssh tunnel. Then you can simply ssh in, then run any X apps. man ssh man sshd If these don't give you enough info, ask here. -D
