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From: graham@fuel.dec.com (kris graham)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Unable to access a server
Message-ID: <1496@riscy.dec.com>
Date: 27 Sep 89 23:31:10 GMT
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In article <53803@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie>, gteo@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie (Ghee Teo, Ireland) writes:

> When I tried to create a xterm from our Dec3100 running DecWindow to
> our Sun 3/60 running X11R3 with uwm running, I got an error complaining about
> server is not authorized and so on.
> 
> The exact command and response:
> 
> $dxterm -display sybil:0.0  
> Server is not authorised to connect to host
> Can't open display 'sybil:0.0'
> 
> sybil is our hostname of our Sun.
> 
> Can anyone has any idea what I did wrong?
> By the way, the Dec3100 runs Work System 2.0, ultrix 3.0 and the Sun uns on
> SunOS 3.5

Make sure the Sun  3/60 grants the DECstation 3100 permission to connect.
The 'xhost' command will enable you to do this. Do a man on 'xhost'.

eg; 

sun_prompt> xhost node_decstation:0.0


-- 
Christopher Graham          
Digital Equipment Corp            
Ultrix Resource Center                             
New York City