On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Eric Cifreo wrote:
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> > Afternoon All:
> >
> > I run Exceed at my office to look at the various UNIX boxes strewn about
> > the office. I also run Red Hat 6.1 at home. What I would like to be able
> > to do is view my desktop on Exceed at the office. Is this possible
> > through my Internet Connection? If so, what do I need to do to set this
> > up. I apologize, but I know very little about how X operates, other than
> > I normally type startx at the command line to get it going. If there a
> > document available to explain this in English, as opposed to computerese,
> > or someone who is very familiar with this, I could really use the help.
> >
> > This matter is not urgent, as no work depends on it. I just would like to
> > know how to do it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - Mike (X Newbie)
> >
and before you telnet to your box at home make sure you allow access to
your work machines X display. In unix this is done with:
xhost +my.ip.address.at.home
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> Run exceed on your machine at work.
> Telnet/ssh/rlogin (your choice) to your box at home.
> username: myusername
> password: mypassword
>
> [user@localhost user:~] export DISPLAY=my.ip.address.atwork:0.0
> [user@localhost user:~] XappThatIwantToRun &
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> If your place of work uses a firewall (or you do at home, and you probably
> should if you leave it connected to the net all day) you may have to tweak
> the port settings. Charles Galpin got VNC going through a proxy/firewall
> recently. Perhaps Exceed is using similar ports.
>
> If there are no firewalls, then the above should work immediately (if a bit
> slowly)
>
> Eric CIfreo
> Austin, TX
>
> Eric Cifreo
> Austin, TX
>
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