I installed Exceed on my PC and trying to access my Solaris m/c as root. I can ping from win2000 command window. Exceed does not let me login. What needs to be done on the solaris m/c. Thanks

Firstly, accessing as root isn't that sensible, but to do this remotely you need to comment out CONSOLE=/dev/console in /etc/default/login Anyhow... the best way to launch stuff in exceed is as follows: Let's assume that the solaris box has an IP of 192.168.1.10 and your pc has an IP of 192.168.1.20 On the PC, open up exceed and run HWM if it's included. This will make sure title bars etc appear. From the pc, telnet to the solaris box, log in and type: xhost +192.168.1.20 (or just xhost+ if you're not that worried about X11 security on your LAN) DISPLAY=192.168.1.20:0.0 export DISPLAY (or if you are using csh, use setenv DISPLAY 192.168.1.10:0.0) Now at this command line type in something like: xterm & You should see an xterm window open up on your pc's exceed window. What you can do is use the shell in the exceed window to launch further apps on that display. -------------- You could have done it another way, by telnetting in and doing: xhost + xterm -display 192.168.1.20:0.0 and run commands from the shell now in your exceed window. but it's nice to understand both ways. Hope this helps Mark

Grrr no edit function... change the line: (or if you are using csh, use setenv DISPLAY 192.168.1.10:0.0) change the IP in it to 192.168.1.20:0.0 Sorry! :)