README
1This distribution contains two programs, xrsh and xrlogin.
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3Both are shell scripts.
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5Xrsh is designed to allow you to start an X client on a remote machine
6with the window displayed on the current server's $DISPLAY. It has
7many options that give you the ability to propagate environment
8variables (including DISPLAY) to the remote system and works with
9various types of X server access control including xauth and xhost.
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11In X11R4 and previous, xrsh was called "xon". There was a script in
12X11R5 by Keith Packard by that name which has no relation to the
13originally distributed xon script.
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15Xrlogin opens a local xterm window and runs rlogin or telnet to
16connect to a remote machine.
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18Starting with the X11R5 version, xrsh has many new features
19including a multitude of X access control methods, the ability to pass
20arbitrary environment variables to the remote host and the ability to
21start a client on a different screen than the current one.
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23To install on your system, the usual thing is to do an "xmkmf"
24followed by a "make install".
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26IMPORTANT:
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28If you are running a System V variant, you may need to change the
29first line of both scripts from "#!/bin/sh" to ": ".
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31James J. Dempsey
32jjd@jjd.com
334 October 1991
34Updated for X11R6: 3 June 1994
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