[Tfug] remote X for the first time

[Brian Murphy]

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.

Brian

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