One idea, though I don't know if it will work for you. You can tunnel X
through an ssh connection, and the ssh authentication *may* supersede the
normal hostname authentication used by X. If not ... this really is a tough
problem. I see other workarounds, but they all suffer from **major**
security flaws.
This is only the sketchy outline of a possible idea, I know, but it's the
best I can come up with. Sorry.
At 09:46 PM 4/17/00 EDT, Robert Haehnel wrote:
>OK I've got my Linux box tied to a remote server via PPP. I can surf the web
>and all, but I want to do more. I can link into my Linux box at work thru the
>gate way there, and now I want to run apps on my Linux Box at work (remote
>machine called workmachinename) and have the Graphical stuff appear on my box
>at home (local machine called homemachinename).
>
>Sounds simple enough, but not so. I setup xhost on the local machine to accept
>display from my remote machine. Then the problems start.
>
>Once logged unto the remote machine I checked the env to see where the DISPLAY
>variable is pointed and it was automagically set to the homemachinename. I
>thought that was good, but I'm not sure now.
>
>The server that I connect thru dynamically assigns the IP address to my local
>machine (DHCP). However, it does not appear to link this dynamic address with
>homemachinename. Why do I say that? Cause when I try to run an X app on the
>remote machine I get the follwing error:
>
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for homemachinename
>Error: Can't open display: homemachinename:0.0
>
>This leads me to believe that it cannot find homemachinename because it is not
>in the host table. Since homemachinename is always assigned a different IP
>address thru DHCP I can't really hard wire in the address in /etc/hosts
>either.
>
>Any ideas on how to work around this?
>
>I'm running RH6.0
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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