[codejockey]

The info you read may be correct, but it's hard to know for sure without more details. For example: do you control what's running on the server (i.e., you have root access)? Are .rhosts files permitted (these are a huge security hole, and many sysadmins prohibit them (and run jobs to remove them if they are found)? This is important because the xon command requires that you be able to connect to the remote machine without authentication (i.e., you are trusted), and .rhosts files are one means of accomplishing this.

But I'm really getting ahead of myself here. The basic idea is that you, from whatever machine you happen to be on at the moment, can run X programs on both the local and remote machines (assuming you are a legitimate user on each machine). The major difficulty is telling the X-server on the remote machine where to send the display output (i.e., to your machine rather than to the machine where the X-server is running). The xon command takes care of this (and other) detail(s) for you; you might want to experiment with this command (try it in its default mode which just opens an xterm) to see if it works at all for you.

Hope this helps -- additional info appreciated.

[bassetman]

Thanks

Unfortunately I don't think I have root access. Here is the latest email from my host.

Hello John,

Sorry but as far as I know we dont not allow X11 applications (including
gnome) to be run through ssh/telnet. Sorry!

Going to chat for a bit before bed.

John

[bassetman]

However, this may not be what you intend at all. You may be wanting to run an X session on a remote machine and specify your local screen as the display -- this is a different problem entirely.

Opun closer reading, I think this is a better description of what I want to do.

[codejockey]

Sounds as if you've hit the wall. If your ISP has a policy that X applications cannot be run from remote machines (i.e., yours (), then you are probably out of luck. There are good reasons for this policy, BTW -- X is notorious for serving up security holes on setuid programs (X often runs as setuid root), so removing the ability to run X programs remotely may make your ISP more secure. The bad news is that it leaves you without any options.

Hope this helps.

[bassetman]

Thanks CJ!

I guess I have to learn to live with it!

[codejockey]

Well, depending on what you need to do, you may be able to run the command-line equivalent of the GUI programs that you had in mind. Not as pretty, but possibly another alternative.

Hope this helps -- additional info appreciated.