> Hello, > > I have a bunch of Red Hat P III machines and a single Debian powerpc. On the Red > Hat's, I have no problem executing the sequence of commands: > > machine-a# xhost + > machine-a# telnet <machine-b's IP addr> > > --------------- > login/password sequence > --------------- > > machine-b# export DISPLAY=<machine-a's IP addr> > machine-b# xterm > > --------------- > an xterm window appears > --------------- > > > However, when I try the same sequence when I log in from the Debian powerpc machine, > upon typing xterm, I get the following error: > > Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. > The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted > in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the > program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s > > This problem occurs only when I originally start from the Debian powerpc machine. > When I originate from any of the Red Hat P III machines, I have no problem > connecting to any of the other Red Hat P III machines as well as to the Debian > powerpc machine. Please tell me what settings I must change in my Debian powerpc in > order to get this sequence to work. > > > Thanks > Sri >
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