Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!riscy.dec.com!fuel.dec.com!graham 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 References: <53803@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie> Sender: news@riscy.dec.com Lines: 32 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