RE: [Sheflug] xhost

["Ross" <nospam [at] ntlworld.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Guennadi Liakhovetski
> Ok, just to make absolutely sure, you do the following:
> you are sitting at machine A. On A you do
> xhost +B
> telnet B
> then on B
> export DISPLAY=<A_ip>:0.0
> (if running bash on B)
> xterm &
> and expecting an xterm (or whatever other application) window to appear on
> A.

yes, that's what i'm doing (rxvt is the app. i've also tried others... small
games etc)

> Are you waiting long enough? What does B say to xterm &?

a few minutes? B says something like couldnot connect to server. connection
refused.

> don't get it... Well, maybe some firewall settings or hosts.deny?

well, this is what i wondered origonally? i didn't know if firewall rules
would block calls to the xserver though?
hosts.deny? every site giving advice on this says ensure you enter

all:all

so i have! if this blocks the x server, what should i enter to allow access
to the xserver through ppp1 only?

PS.
i'm running iptables kernel2.4.3. (a sample kindly supplied by barrie)
however, i havn't been able to find out how to to allow xserver traffic
through.... again, does the iptable block xserver calls?

thanks,
Ross

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