It's "xhost +". There's a space between xhost and the +. This allows all clients to connect to your X server. That command will allow any client connections to your server. You really shouldn't do that but when trying to get anything to show up on your X server. For further details see "man xhost". --- Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ Jabber IM: jon@the-hansons-az.net On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Ok, I have been using Linux for a long while, but in comparison to > my windows boxes most of my Linux stuff just works. On that note I > am much less experienced then many others on this list. Could you > please explain xhost+ to me? > > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug- > discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jon M. Hanson > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:13 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Running X on a virtual dedicated server > > If you're using ssh on that system then restarting sshd on that > system will have no effect. The sshd demon accepts connections to > your machine and has nothing to do with outgoing connections. > That's why you can restart sshd and it didn't affect your outgoing > ssh connection. > > You might also need to do an "xhost +" to allow your X server to > accept connections before your try to open up any X programs. > --- > Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) > Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress/ > Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/ > Jabber IM: jon@the-hansons-az.net > > > > On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:07 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > >> True, this is what I want, however I edited /etc/ssh/ssh_config and >> uncommented and changed the lines ForwardX11 yes and >> ForwardX11Trusted >> yes. I pondered why PasswordAuthentication yes was commented but >> ignored this saved the file and restarted sshd. Logged out and >> logged >> back in. I also wounded why I could restart sshd without being >> logged >> out, but again ignored this. However when I try to launch >> konqueror I >> get "cannot connect to X server" That is when I started trying to >> start >> X >> >> I am connecting using ssh -X user@ip >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf >> Of Ted >> Gould >> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:49 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Cc: Arizona State University Linux Users Group >> Subject: Re: Running X on a virtual dedicated server >> >> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 18:37 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: >>> As many of you know, I like my GUI tools. And I just purchased a >>> virtual server from GoDaddy, but when I try to run an X app I get >>> the >>> generic error of cannot connect to X server. If I look at ps -A >>> I see >> >>> xinted running. If I try to startx I get >>> xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.5195 (or some >>> randum number) >>> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH >> >> I think you're confused at what you want. You don't want X >> running on >> that computer, you want the programs to display on your X server >> running >> on your machine. Try connecting like this: >> >> ssh -X -Y -C myhost.com >> >> That opens up X tunneling, sets the forward file, and does a little >> compression for you too. >> >> Some SSH servers aren't set up to support X tunneling by default, you >> may need to enable it in /etc/ssh/ssh_config >> >> --Ted >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss