[comp.windows.x] MacX1.1

pjd2@po.CWRU.Edu (Pedro J. Diaz) (04/26/91)

Does anyone know how Mac X1.1 makes a connection to the client??

I am unable use MacX's remote command facility in order
to connect to a system running System V.3, X11R3. The client
does not allow a connection to be made.

I have no problem at all connecting with a system running SunOs.

	Any ideas???


	Pedro

P.S.
I AM able to telnet to the V.3 client, and run an xterm back to the
Mac (under MacOS). It is in having MacX initiate the remote command that
everything gets hosed.

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Pedro J. Diaz, Ph.D.	| CWRU School of Engineering/School of Medicine	
PO Box 21560		| Department of Biomedical Engr. & Radiology
Cleveland OH 44121 	| MetroHealth Hospital (216)-459-4958

schoch@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Steve Schoch) (05/02/91)

In article <1991Apr26.155930.22658@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, pjd2@po.CWRU.Edu (Pedro J. Diaz) writes:
|> 
|> Does anyone know how Mac X1.1 makes a connection to the client??

MacX uses rexec to run a command on a remote machine.  Rexecd is a
BSD program and as such was incorporated into SunOS.  Rexec works
much like rsh except that instead of reading .rhosts on the remote
machine, a username/password combination is sent to the remote machine.
It is likely that the System V machines does not have rexecd or, if you're
lucky, it's just not running.

If you're good with writing TCP servers on the System V machine, you
could port rexecd.  The source should be available from Berkeley.

	Steve