Xterm help

[ScottyB_]

I am new to liux and need some help with xterm. I am running redhat 7.1 and need to use an xterm to log into our main server at school so I can do my work from my room. I can do this on Windows with X-win pro but would like to do it with linux because it is just plain better. I can log in with telnet and with xterm but I can't display anything. What do I need to do?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Are you trying to display x applications? If so make sure you set your display variable. If not, please clarify your post 😛

 

[JetsFanatic]

You must set your display..
that's what it sound like



DISPLAY=000.000.000.000:0.0 {note 000.000.000.000 is your IP address followed by :0.0}
export DISPLAY

That should do it.

L8r,
Chuck

P.S. if not please be more specific in your questioning

 

[Kadesh]

No, it won't. You also need to do some stuff with xauth and xhost. It's better to just do ssh forwarding.

 

[Koeppster]

Yeah, skip that xauth crap. Use ssh and take advantage of its excellent port forwarding features. They might not be enabled by default, I can't recall...and since dhs.org seems to be horked at the moment, I can't connect to my boxes at home to check. 🙂

In any case, check the configs in /etc/ssh to make sure it's enabled. If you are just doing console work, you won't necessarily need this...but ssh is universally better than telnet if you have the choice.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Yeah, skip that xauth crap. Use ssh and take advantage of its excellent port forwarding features. They might not be enabled by default, I can't recall...and since dhs.org seems to be horked at the moment, I can't connect to my boxes at home to check. 🙂

In any case, check the configs in /etc/ssh to make sure it's enabled. If you are just doing console work, you won't necessarily need this...but ssh is universally better than telnet if you have the choice. >>



OpenSSH leaves them off by default. And the files should be in just /etc. ie "/etc/ssh_config" and "/etc/sshd_config" 😀