> Is there a way to get the display of one gui > application to appear on the other box.? Yup. Mutiple ways actually. The first method you can use is to set the DISPLAY enviorment variable on the computer you are running applications from. export DISPLAY=address:display (export DISPLAY=192.168.1.10:0) then when you run the program it will display on display 0 of 192.168.1.10, provided xhosts allows access. (man xhosts) You can avoid xhosts and setting DISPLAY enviorment variables all together by using ssh. Simply ssh -CX user at host. This should enable automatic Xforwarding over an encrypted ssh tunnel. Secure and easy. The -C adds compression, also useful. Lastly you could enable XDMCP. XDMCP allows you to query the display manager and get a gui logon, just like you were sitting at the server. Start your Xserver with the -query host option to get the logon screen. If you're allready logged in, you could use Xnest to get a desktop in your desktop, just Xnest -query host. (Good for testing too.) Overall, the ssh method is easiest. I belive adding X11Forwarding yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config will automatically turn on the redirection when an ssh client connects, so you don't have to give your ssh client the -X paramater. Hope that is somewhat helpful.. | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | | His power apparently lies in his ability to | | choose incompetent enemies. | | - Crow T. Robot, MST3K, "Prince of Space" |