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)-459-4958tony@tui.marcam.dsir.govt.nz (Tony Cooper) (04/27/91)
|> Does anyone know how Mac X1.1 makes a connection to the client??^? |> It uses rexec. This is like remsh (alias rsh) but differs in that it requires a password. This means that your remote machine needs the rexecd daemon. I believe that this is not a usual part of SYSV nor BSD but SunOS and most unix machines have it. If your machine does not have it you can telnet to the machine and start up the client that way. Then you can log off and leave the client running. If anyone from Apple reads this message, a feature that I would like in MacX is that when you get the dialog that some client is trying to connect to your machine, I would like to know what that client is. How can you reply yes or no if you don't know what you are saying yes to. Tony Cooper