I tried manually setting DISPLAY using the assigned address, set DISPLAY=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:0.0 but for some reason that did not work (for some reason it continued to retain the old display setting). However, perhaps setting it for each app as I launch it will. I'll have to try that. I'll have to try ssh too (later when I'm back home again). (and Junopine too). Thanks BTW what security holes am opening if I run an app using DISPLAY=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:0.0 xterm for example? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > 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: > > > > > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for homemachinename > > >Error: Can't open display: homemachinename:0.0 > > > > ssh can do it, and makes the X connection to the server from the local > machine. X security will not be a problem, I think, if you can figure > out ssh security. It soulds like you are administrator of both > machines, so you can run sshd at least on the work machine, and ssh on > the home machine, and generate the appropriate public and private keys. > > X takes a _lot_ of bandwidth. You probably want the +C option with ssh > to enable compression. > > OTOH she had warts, and nothing says DISPLAY has to have a machine > _name_, or that you have to leave it as it is automagically set. I can > start an X application from the console on the local machine with, say, > > DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 xterm > > so there is no reason you couldn't have /etc/ppp/ip-up to write your > temporary ip address to a file you could use to set DISPLAY for your > remote login to be able to find your local X server. > > I think it would be easier and probably safer to figure out ssh, but > there's more than one way to skin a cat. > > Lawson > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- R. Haehnel ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
