Re: Stupid newbie network question

[Matt . Carpenter]

It's been a while now, but I believe I found everything on the Caldera KB.


                                                                                       
                                            
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On Wednesday 11 July 2001 07:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> POI-
> You might want to note that the machine you run the application on (ie.
NOT
> the one you are typing at), needs to be able to resolve whatever your
local
> hostname is, as TELNET sets up the DISPLAY environment variable as:
> DISPLAY=hostname:0.0
>
> So if your machine is not resolvable by DNS, you might consider adding an
> entry in /etc/hosts for your local workstation.
>
> I use ssh with XForwarding stuff turned on (in the client config and
server
> config both)
> I like that better because I don't have to deal with the above issue, not
> to mention I can run X Apps securely over the Internet without poking
holes
> in my firewall!
> Note that running through ssh is a little bit slower, but it only uses
the
> established connection!  Pretty sweet, eh?

Sure would love to see a good SxS  on all this X stuff....



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