xhost RHEL3 != RHEL4

[Andrew Bacchi]

I find no need to use xhost in RHEL4.  But I did find I needed to allow 
X in the ssh command.

ssh -X -l username hostname

That will allow ssh to forward the X session to your client.

Diego Brito Veiga - b04917 wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
>  From RHEL3 to RHEL4 there was some security improvements on gdm.conf file.
> I know that I need to enable the gdm.conf DisallowTCP=false, set the 
> DISPLAY and do a xhost <machine> to open remote X windows.
> End users concerns:
> Is there a way to avoid the xhost <machine>? Just like RHEL3: set the 
> DISPLAY and open the remote X windows.
> 
> Cheers
> 

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Andrew Bacchi
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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