From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 4 4:44:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpe.casema.net (smtpe.casema.net [195.96.96.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96B0737B405 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:44:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 24890 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2001 11:43:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO slash.diderius.nl) (212.64.78.178) by smtpe.casema.net with SMTP; 4 Oct 2001 11:43:55 -0000 Received: from silver.diderius.nl (silver.diderius.nl [172.19.3.10]) by slash.diderius.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807C415A for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:43:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1]) by silver.diderius.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.2966); Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:43:27 +0200 Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:43:27 +0200 From: Walter Hop X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) Educational X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <73129147674.20011004134327@binity.com> To: Brian Rudy Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about Connecting using X In-Reply-To: <3BBC493B.E95097DC@earthlink.net> References: <3BBC493B.E95097DC@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Oct 2001 11:43:27.0145 (UTC) FILETIME=[C80BF990:01C14CC9] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [in reply to berudy@earthlink.net, 04-10-2001] > My problem is when I try to X Window into the box (using > Hummingbird's Exceed V. 6.2) I get an error that says it cannot connect > using that method (REXEC). I've tried RSH (to no avail). I can telnet > and ftp into the box fine just can't X Window into it. Hi, rexec and rsh are disabled by default in FreeBSD. Both are un-encrypted protocols and considered unsafe. Can Exceed use SSH instead of RSH? Maybe there is such an option in "Exceed"; if there is not, you can always: 1] ssh to the server; then issue a "xterm -display yourworkboxname:0.0" on the shell. This should open an xterm on your workbox. 2] enable the rsh, rexec services on the server by uncommenting the "exec" or "shell" lines from /etc/inetd.conf, then restarting inetd with: killall -HUP inetd. Be aware that your password travels in plaintext over the network, making a sniffing attack very easy. Good luck, walter -- Walter Hop Updated contact information: http://www.binity.com/~walter/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message