XON(1) X Version 11 (Release 6.6) XON(1)
NAME
xon - start an X program on a remote machine
SYNOPSIS
xon remote-host [-access] [-debug] [-name window-name] [-
nols] [-screen screen-no] [-user user-name] [command ...]
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
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
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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.
BUGS
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.
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