Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:43:27 +0200 From: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> To: Brian Rudy <berudy@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about Connecting using X Message-ID: <73129147674.20011004134327@binity.com> In-Reply-To: <3BBC493B.E95097DC@earthlink.net> References: <3BBC493B.E95097DC@earthlink.net>
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[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 <walter@binity.com> 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
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