Re: X via SSH (was: New (Delphi) xlauncher)

2002-07-23 Thread Nick THOMPSON
With a combination of ssh-keygen, ssh-agent, ssh-add and a utility I found in a Japanese website (win-ssh-askpass) I got pretty much what I want. But I see two disadvantages from my ideal. 1) I have to have a local key on my laptop which I travel with, so is not secure. 2) It seems like using a

X via SSH (was: New (Delphi) xlauncher)

2002-07-23 Thread Nick THOMPSON
What I could do with is a mode that allows an X session to be setup through an SSH tunnel. So I need an SSH client that DOESN'T give me a shell, but supports an X11 tunnel, prompts me for the SSH passwd and runs a single command (the remote ~/.xinitrc say, and pipes the output to a local file). Ev

Re: Next step in XFREE debug for New-B

2002-06-27 Thread Nick THOMPSON
Isn't this just another case of xterm not working in recent releases (permission denied). Seems to be something to do with /etc/passwd not having an entry for you user name and only seems to be a problem on NT/Win2k (& XP?) which have better security. Look back at the last few days posts. I've hal

Re: Can't remote connect to XF86 on Win2K

2002-06-24 Thread Nick THOMPSON
mething is broken in my Win2k install as this works like a charm on 98. Did I already mention that ;-) Thanks again, Nick. On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 16:01, Alexander Gottwald wrote: On 24 Jun 2002, Nick THOMPSON wrote: >So it seems I have to get the > cookie correct. Unfort

Re: Can't remote connect to XF86 on Win2K

2002-06-24 Thread Nick THOMPSON
little. Do I have to generate a cookie, or should a cookie have been sent as part of the XDMCP connection? Why would it work fine on Win95/98 and not Win2k? Seems to be and FAQ on Win2k this one, but I can't find an answer. Thanks, Nick. On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 17:57, Alexander Gottwald wrote:

Can't remote connect to XF86 on Win2K

2002-06-21 Thread Nick THOMPSON
Hi, I have used cygwin/XF86 4.1.0 on Win95/98 for sometime and it works fine, but on Win2k machines the server starts and I can make local connections, but remote connections just cause a AUDIT messages on the cygwin console: AUDIT: Fri Jun 21 14:18:57 2002: 1040 XWin.exe: client 1 rejected from