[ale] X apps on remote unix through ISP

[J. Patrick Graves]

Run on your linux box "xhost +nnn.nn.n.nnn"', where nnn.nn.n.nnn is the ip
address of the remote machine.

Also, make sure that your export your DISPLAY variable.

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Jim Rundquist wrote:

> I have a unix account at school (SPSU) that I can telnet to once I make
> a ppp connection with my ISP. I would like to run X applications on that
> remote machine when I'm in the X environment on my local Linux box. I
> have set the DISPLAY environment variable on the remote machine to
> xxx.x.xx.xxx:0 using the dynamic IP address provided at connection time
> and still the remote host cannot open the display. Is there something I
> can do or set on my Linux machine to allow the remote machine to connect
> to my local X display? I don't know wether the problem is geting into my
> machine or through my ISP. Please help.
>
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> Jim Rundquist
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>
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