[Tfug] remote X for the first time

[Paul Scott]

Brian Murphy wrote:

> Quoting Paul Scott <waterhorse at ultrasw.com>:
>
>> I'm trying to do remote X for the first time.  I have read the HOWTO but
>> it's not clear how much of that auth stuff I have to do with Debian.
>>
>> I have tried "xhost +" (just as a quick test!!!!) and get "Can't open
>> display".
>
>
> Tunneling thru ssh like the other tips is the way to go.  The above test
> usually fails when you have the host based firewall (iptables) blocking
> the X port.

Thanks for all the help, everyone.  I was able to KDE's Remote Desktop 
Connection to work and will keep playing.  The HOWTO is quite 
informative but almost pre SSH.

Paul