Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:46:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Gus Mancuso <gus@fiawol.org> To: Kevin Gross <kc144@sprynet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD X applications from a networked WindowsNT Message-ID: <200007191646.MAA01577@smof.fiawol.org> In-Reply-To: <000901bfeeae$ef97dad0$039cc0d8@144> "from Kevin Gross at Jul 15, 2000 06:49:25 pm"
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Hi Kevin.
If X is already set up on your BSD Box,
just do xhost + NTBOXNAME so that it will allow
X connections from the NT machine. Do keep in mind
that X isn't terribly secure (see the other posts
regarding this.. I'm no security expert).
I've never used X-WinPro, but I've used some other
X servers before, and one of the main problems I found
was that they all want to use rsh, which noone
enables (with good reason, I'm told) anymore. I usually
had to ssh over to the BSD machine, then start whichever
app I wanted to use (possibly setting $DISPLAY to my
machine name... depends on your ssh setup) for example:
<Start X server on NT Box>
<ssh to Unix Box using some WinSSH client>
export $DISPLAY=NTBOX:0.0
xcalc &
of course, NTBOX must be resolvable by the Unix Box.
Hope that helps.
-Gus
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> Hi all,
>
> I've got two computers, one running FreeBSD 4 stable and the other running
> WindowsNT 4.0 sp6a. They are connected via ethernet. I would like to use
> X-WinPro 5.3 (an X server for Windows) to connect to my BSD box with the
> obvious purpose of running some x-windows programs in WindowsNT. I want to
> keep my BSD box secure (it is also connected to the internet). How do I
> set up FreeBSD to enable remote X sessions? I already have the two
> computers talking via telnet and sharing files via samba, so the network is
> functional. Can somebody give me a quick synopsis of how to set this up and
> perhaps a pointer to some more detailed information?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin Gross
>
>
>
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