Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-22 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Karsten M. Self quotation: > > There is a serious problem at your site. You've raised this issue? Deaf ears. Located in another time zone, and miles above my pay grade. > I'll presume one end or the other is under your control. Yes; but BOTH ends have to allow X forwarding before it w

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 22, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > begin Karsten M. Self quotation: > > > > > > Unless the other machine is not administrated by you, > > > > There are few X11-capable systems whic won't allow users to run > > arbitrary clients. Including an ssh client run from fl

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-22 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi! On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > [...] > /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc . Remove it, or use "ssh -x" instead of > telnet/xhost should solve your problem. Yes, indeed. It *did* solve my problem. Thanks a lot! Greetings, Holger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-22 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi Bruno! On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > [...] > as others pointed out, i don't want to open the access to the X server > and am trying the ssh solution without success so far > > here's my try: > ssh -A -X router Yes, I got it solved. The "ssh -X" solution works for me

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-22 Thread Bruno Boettcher
On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 05:51:43PM +0200, Holger Rauch wrote: > When I execute "xhost +" on localhost, telnet to another machine, set the > DISPLAY to my machine's hostname (!export DISPLAY=prag:0.0"), I get the > error message that this connection is refused by the server? Why? (It > doesn't make

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-22 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Karsten M. Self quotation: > > > > Unless the other machine is not administrated by you, > > There are few X11-capable systems whic won't allow users to run > arbitrary clients. Including an ssh client run from floppy or a > user-installed directory. Karsten, have you ever worked somewh

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [020421 01:20]: > > or doesn't allow X forwarding in it's > > That's "its". > > > ssh config. > > X11 forwarding effects server only. For the client, this is That's "affects". =) good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Ar

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-21 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > _Not_ _an_ _excuse_. SSH is available for everything from DOS to VMS > (though there doesn't seem to be one for MVS that I can find). > Certainly any flavor of 'Nix, 'Doze, or Mac is covered. If you need a Windows one, I like putty. I've mirrored it

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 21, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > begin David Z Maze quotation: > > > > "Don't do that." xhost is notoriously insecure; ssh X forwarding is > > easier to manage, isn't vulnerable to IP spoofing attacks, and doesn't > > require you to manually set DISPLAY. The X se

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-21 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin David Z Maze quotation: > > "Don't do that." xhost is notoriously insecure; ssh X forwarding is > easier to manage, isn't vulnerable to IP spoofing attacks, and doesn't > require you to manually set DISPLAY. The X server in woody comes, by Unless the other machine is not administrated by

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-20 Thread David Z Maze
Holger Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I execute "xhost +" on localhost, telnet to another machine, > set the DISPLAY to my machine's hostname (!export > DISPLAY=prag:0.0"), I get the error message that this connection is > refused by the server? Why? (It doesn't make sense to me since I >

Re: Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-20 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Holger Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020420 17:51]: > When I execute "xhost +" on localhost, telnet to another machine, set the > DISPLAY to my machine's hostname (!export DISPLAY=prag:0.0"), I get the > error message that this connection is refused by the server? Why? (It > doesn't make sense to m

Woody: "xhost +" on Local Machine not Working

2002-04-20 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi! When I execute "xhost +" on localhost, telnet to another machine, set the DISPLAY to my machine's hostname (!export DISPLAY=prag:0.0"), I get the error message that this connection is refused by the server? Why? (It doesn't make sense to me since I executed "xhost +" on the machine the X serve