[ale] Remote XWindows in Linux...

[elanda at comstar.net (Ed Landa)]

On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 09:58:19PM -0400, Ben Scherrey wrote:
> OK - I've got a couple of RedHat 5.1 machines running but I want to have
> one machine act as an X Terminal for another


  box_w_monitor$ xhost +box_w_no_monitor
  box_w_monitor$ telnet box_w_no_monitor
  Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...

  box_w_no_monitor login: user
  Password: 

  box_w_no_monitor$ export DISPLAY=box_w_monitor:0
  box_w_no_monitor$ xterm &

If you use SSH between boxes, you do not need to set the DISPLAY variable or
run the xhost.  It will automagically crypt and authenticate your Xwindow
traffic.

Or, are you looking to set up XDM?

Ed