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Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO

Vincent Zweije,

v0.7.5, 8 December 2001

This mini-HOWTO describes how to run remote X applications. That is, how to have an X program display on a different computer than the one it's running on. Or conversely: how to make an X program run on a different computer than the one you're sitting at. The focus of this mini-HOWTO is on security. This mini-HOWTO also contains information on running X applications locally, but with a different user-id, and information on setting up a computer as an X terminal.

1. Introduction

2. Related Reading

3. The Scene

4. A Little Theory

5. Telling the Client

6. Telling the Server

6.1 Xhost
6.2 Xauth
6.3 Ssh

7. X Applications from Another User-id

7.1 Different Users on the Same Host
7.2 Client User Is Root

8. Running a Remote Window Manager

9. Setting Up an X Terminal

9.1 Once More, a Little Theory First
9.2 Configuring X as an XDMCP Client
9.3 Configuring xdm as an XDMCP Server
9.4 XDMCP Technically

10. Troubleshooting

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