On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 13:08:14 -0500, Ray DuBose proclaimed...

> 
>    Hello all,
>     I'm still fairly new to nessus and had a question that I can't seem
>    to find the answer to.  I've got a Fedora Core 3 Server that I've
>    installed Nessus on.  I installed it without x but added all the
>    supporting files so it could compile the gtk.
>     My client machine is also a Fedora box that is running X, I've ssh'ed
>    over to the Nessus Server and attempted to run nessus thinking it
>    would run it localy but port the  client display to my machine but I
>    get: (nessus:485): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>     Is it possible to do it this way? The only information I fould on the
>    web said to install a full copy of Nessus on the Server AND on the
>    machine running the client.  Then fire up the client and attach to the
>    server. Is there a Standalone Linux Client so I don't have to install
>    a full copy of Nessus on everyones machine that will be using this?

Man ssh(1) to figure out how to forward X connections. Also, turn on x
forwarding on the server, in the client, etc.
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