Chapter 4: X Windows Configuration Details
This chapter discusses several details concerning the configuration of X hosts, colormaps, mouse, and keyboard.
Making an X*.hosts File
The /etc/X0.hosts file is an ASCII text file containing the hostnames of each remote host permitted to access your local server.
•If you are running as a
•If you are part of a network, the other system names must be included.
The syntax is as follows:
<host>
<host>
<host>
For example, if you are hpaaaaa, and regularly ran clients on hpccccc, and hpddddd, you would want the following lines.
hpaaaaa hpccccc hpddddd
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Note: Aliases work as well as hostnames, provided they are valid, that is, commonly known across the network.
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X0.hosts and X0screens Relation
The default screen configuration file X0screens uses the default X11 remote host file X0.hosts.
Each custom X*screens file is associated with a special X*.hosts file. The number represented by the "*" causes the correct screen and host files to be used together. For example, X3screens takes an X3.hosts file. Both are referenced by the server when it is started with a /usr/bin/X11/X :3 command.
If you use a special X*screens file, you need to set your DISPLAY variable appropriately. For the previous example, it would be set to hostname:3.0.
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