x-win

[Adam McDougall]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Marcel Kunath wrote:

> is anybody accessing a linux box with x-win? I can't get it to work.
>
> I got firewall on the box but have trusted port 512:514. apparently exec is on
> 512. Not sure if I need this.
>
> xterm is in /usr/bin/xterm
>
> X-Config is configured to
>
>     rexec
>     hostname
>     login name
>     /usr/bin/xterm -display <IP I am trying to connect from>
>
> It doesn't give any response back when trying to connect.

Have you tried ssh'ing into the computer with x11-forwarding enabled?  You
wouldnt have to worry about incoming data to the firewall because port 22
could be allowed for ssh, and firewalls generally wouldnt care about
outgoing data.  I just start up x-win32, cancel the dialog box full of
insecure login options, and use teraterm to ssh in.  If x11-forwarding is
enabled it even takes care of setting the DISPLAY variable so you dont
need to add -display othercomp:0 for every command.