[plug] ssh & X window

[Jason Belcher]

Hi

Here's how I do it:

On the local host (ie. the computer you want to display the program on):
xhost +[remote computer name]

On the remote host:
DISPLAY=[local computer name]:0
export DISPLAY
(note that this works for bash, other shells have different commands to 
set environment variables)
then run the command to start the program.

HTH

Jason


Tim Bowden wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Simple question- If I want to log into another host on the lan using ssh
>& then run an X window program and have it display on my workstation
>what configuration files do I need to set up?
>
>Can anyone recomend any good texts on X protocols? From the little I
>have read it seems to a very capable system however the books I have
>seem to be more concerned with setting up window managers rather than
>exploring the network capabilities of the system.
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>


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