In exceed, you can set up a "script" to fire up a program on a remote system, such as xterm, and have it show up on your local box (thats running exceed). Two of the more widely used start methods are Telnet and Rexec. I know how to issue the command line equivalent to Exceeds rexec start method - ie rexec joeuser@myhost.com /usr/bin/xterm -display 10.1.1.2 What I am trying to do is figure out how to do this with the "Telnet" method. Does anyone have any experience with this or know where to point me? I've been searching around but havent had much luck in finding an answer. Yes, I could just stick with rexec, but I really dont want to have rexec services running on my RH box - so if anyone can help, it would be appreciated. scott