Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:35:53 +0100 (CET) From: Cordula's Web <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Mike.Jeays@rogers.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote access in 5.1 Message-ID: <20040310123553.5061F40822@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <1078921348.65457.0.camel@chaucer> (message from Mike Jeays on 10 Mar 2004 07:22:28 -0500) References: <1078892001.41520.12.camel@chaucer> <1078921348.65457.0.camel@chaucer>
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> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:13:21PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > Since upgrading from 4.7 to 5.1, I can no longer open an xterm from > > > another machine by setting the DISPLAY variable to point to the 5.1 > > > machine. Is there some setting that is now disabled by default for > > > security? Other connectivity works fine. > > > > XFree86 no longer defaults to use the -listen_tcp option; see the > > startx manpage. You may prefer to use ssh's X11Forwarding with 'ssh -X remotehost', and avoid -listen_tcp for security reasons. Make sure that X11Forwarding is set to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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