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Hey,

I'm running AIX on a RS6000 (Yeah I know old as me :frowning: ) and also running a Solaris 8 Ultra 60 box. I need to use the RS600 as a xterm machine to display crap from the ultra 60. (Both have dual displays)

But for some reason it wont let me.

On the ultra 60 i'll type

setenv DISPLAY 64.1.153.1:0.0

then to test it works

xterm &

Now that should pop up a xterm on the 64.1.153.1 screen on the bottom one (x.x.x.x:0.0). But this wont happen, the error I get is.

Xlib: connection to "64.1.153.1:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to server
xterm Xt: Can't open display "64.1.153.1:0.0"

I get the same error no matter what machine I'm on either it be the RS600 or the ultra 60.

Does anyone have any idea's on how I can fix this problem?

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You need to grant the ultra60 permission to pop windows on to your display (since you don't want just anybody to be able to control your screen). Try "xhost +ultra60" on the AIX box -- substitute the appropriate hostname or IP address of the Sun.

"xhost -ultra60" will remove permission.
"xhost" with no arguments displays which machines are allowed to connect.