Re: Remote access in 5.1
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:13:21PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > Since upgrading from 4.7 to 5.1, I can no longer open an xterm from > > > another machine by setting the DISPLAY variable to point to the 5.1 > > > machine. Is there some setting that is now disabled by default for > > > security? Other connectivity works fine. > > > > XFree86 no longer defaults to use the -listen_tcp option; see the > > startx manpage. You may prefer to use ssh's X11Forwarding with 'ssh -X remotehost', and avoid -listen_tcp for security reasons. Make sure that X11Forwarding is set to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Remote access in 5.1
On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 23:41, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:13:21PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > > Since upgrading from 4.7 to 5.1, I can no longer open an xterm from > > another machine by setting the DISPLAY variable to point to the 5.1 > > machine. Is there some setting that is now disabled by default for > > security? Other connectivity works fine. > > XFree86 no longer defaults to use the -listen_tcp option; see the > startx manpage. > > Kris Thanks very much - that does the trick. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Remote access in 5.1
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:13:21PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > Since upgrading from 4.7 to 5.1, I can no longer open an xterm from > another machine by setting the DISPLAY variable to point to the 5.1 > machine. Is there some setting that is now disabled by default for > security? Other connectivity works fine. XFree86 no longer defaults to use the -listen_tcp option; see the startx manpage. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature