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XON(1)			    General Commands Manual			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 ma-
       chine 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  con-
	      nect  them  across  the  network.	  Specifying the -debug	option
	      leaves them connected so that error messages from	the remote ex-
	      ecution 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 op-
	      tion 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 re-
	      mote 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.

X Version 11			 scripts 1.0.1				XON(1)

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