In message <9606181007.ZM18404@warhol.me> you wrote:

> On Jun 17, 10:44am, Rik Griffin wrote:
> > In message <9fc039df46@yoda.in-berlin.de> you wrote:
> > > Please note the ":0" at the end. And make sure that cheesey.demon.co.uk
> > > can be resolved correctly into an IP address.
> >
> > It can, and I have tried -display 158.152.37.242:0.0 as well. Netstat
> > indicates that a connection is being made, but nothing happens from
> > there onward. Just like the telnet problem really, it's really odd.
> 
> Well, I can think of one thing which upsets X and has caused me no end of
> headaches. It gets upset and hangs indefinitely if it can't do an in-addr.arpa
> lookup on connections and a forwards lookup on any authentication. This is a

Well, this would probably be helpfull if I knew what it meant !!!
What stops X being able to do this, whatever it is ?

> particular pain if you are using host based authentication (the default).
> Whilst this may not be your problem it can certainly produce the effects you
> describe. These problems would be at the server (display) end of the
> connection, not the place you are trying to launch things from.

I am using xhost authentication. For my experiments, I used xhost +, but
I know that this is a security hole, and don't plan on having any xhost
enabled machines as standard. If you have no hosts in the access list,
is this still less than secure ?

Any ideas on the telnet problem as well ?

Rik

-- 
This is my mailbox for the RiscBSD mailing list.
Normal mail can be sent to: mouse@cheesey.demon.co.uk