xon - start an X program on a remote machine
xon remote-host [-access] [-debug] [-name window-name] [-nols] [-screen
screen-no] [-user user-name] [command ...]
Xon runs the specified command (default xterm -ls) on the remote machine
using rsh, remsh, or rcmd. Xon passes the DISPLAY, XAUTHORITY and
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environment variables to the remote command.
When no command is specified, xon runs 'xterm -ls'. It
additionally specifies the application name to be 'xterm-remote-host'
and the window title to be '-fIremote-host'.
Xon can only work when the remote host will allow you to log in
without a password, by having an entry in the .rhosts file permitting
access.
Note that the options follow the remote host name (as they do with rlogin).
- -access
- Runs xhost locally to add the remote host to the host access list in the X
server. This won't work unless xhost is given permission to modify the
access list.
- -debug
- Normally, xon disconnects the remote process from stdin, stdout and stderr
to eliminate the daemon processes which usually connect them across the
network. Specifying the -debug option leaves them connected so that
error messages from the remote execution are sent back to the originating
host.
- -name window-name
- This specifies a different application name and window title for the
default command (xterm).
- -nols
- Normally xon passes the -ls option to the remote xterm; this option
suspends that behaviour.
- -screen screen-no
- This changes the screen number of the DISPLAY variable passed to the
remote command.
- -user user-name
- By default, xon simply uses rsh/remsh/rcmd to connect to the remote
machine using the same user name as on the local machine. This option
cause xon to specify an alternative user name. This will not work unless
you have authorization to access the remote account, by placing an
appropriate entry in the remote users .rhosts file.
Xon can get easily confused when the remote-host, user-name or various
environment variable values contain white space.
Xon has no way to send the appropriate X authorization information
to the remote host.