Re: Accessing Solaris and application
Re: Accessing Solaris and application
- Subject: Re: Accessing Solaris and application
- From: Don MacQueen <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 07:13:31 -0700
At 8:06 AM -0400 5/27/05, Jean M. Feuillet wrote:
I want to connect from my iMac G5 to a Solaris box running an X11
application I need to use. I loaded X11, fink and other apps on the
iMac. When I load X11 I get an xterm window where I type: xhost + to
give access to the Solaris device. Then I telnet to it and once
logged in I type: export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0.0 where xxx is
the IP address I retrieved from the server.
Which server is this? If by server you mean the Solaris box, then
that's the wrong IP. You need the IP of your G5.
As Todd mentioned, ssh -X (10.3.x and before) or ssh -Y (10.4.x) is
more secure than xhost and telnet. If you must use telnet, then at
the very least use "xhost + solaris.box.name" instead of "xhost +".
Then I type the name of the application. Nothing happens.
I followed the directions in the O'Reilly's book about Unix, but I
may have missed something. Can you help me get started?
I connect to the Solaris box via the Cisco VPN and on the iMac, I
have the firewall turned ON. I'm using Tiger.1
When I first used Cisco VPN to do this, there was some option that
had to be turned on, which wasn't by default -- it's been a long
time, so I'm not sure I remember what it was, but I think it was to
enable transparent tunneling.
It's possible that the firewall is blocking the incoming X display
traffic. The obvious test is to try turning it off.
Best regards,
Jean M. ('Jay') Feuillet
954-294-5771
-Don
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Don MacQueen
Environmental Protection Department
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA, USA
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