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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 11:15:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To: Brian Somers <brian@utell.co.uk>
cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>,
        Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: rstartd on freefall 
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On Thu, 29 May 1997, Brian Somers wrote:

> > > So rstart is broken by design.  Let me guess.  This has been argued
> > > before, and the xfree86 guys won't allow an absolute path to rstartd
> > > (via say a flag to rstart).... :|
> > 
> > I don't recall that it was ever discussed.  I've certainly never heard
> > of anyone actually using it, at least not until just now. :-)
> 
> Heh.  This is a good example of me wandering around and trying to
> figure out how something works.  I come up with a solution and
> *assume* it's the one everyone else uses 'cos it works.
> 
> How do other people exec remote X programs ?  Doing a "rsh ....."
> doesn't send your DISPLAY over, so you end up with some nasty lines
> like:
> 
> rsh freefall xterm -display $HOSTDISPLAY -T freefall -n freefall -e bash 
> --login
> 
> rather than
> 
> rstart -g freefall xterm
> 
> (although I suppose you could hide the -T & -n in .Xdefaults).
> 
> The rstart idea is nice 'cos you can just dump your .rstart.* directories
> on a machine and kill all the long lines :)
> 
> > 					Jordan
> 
> -- 
> Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
>       <http://www.awfulhak.org>
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
> 
> 

If you have xauth working properly, you can just type:

xon host program

Jamie Bowden

System Administrator, iTRiBE.net