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Re: Listen_tcp


Mikael Nyström wrote:

>
> My X-server listens on 0.0.0.0:6000.
> When I do xhost +remote_host and then try to display something on my
> X-server, the response is that it can't open the display.
> If I run it thru ssh -X, it works fine.

Maybe there is a firewall inbetween and blocks the connection.

> Does 0.0.0.0 means that the X-server listens on localhost only?
> If so, how can I make it listen on my external address?

0.0.0.0 means it listens on all interfaces.

bye
    ago
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