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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  machine
     using  rsh,  remsh, or rcmd.  Xon passes the DISPLAY, XAUTHORITY and XUSER-
     FILESEARCHPATH environment variables to the remote command.

     When no command is specified, xon runs 'xterm -ls'.  It additionally speci-
     fies 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).

     -accessRuns 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  con-
	    nected  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  op-
	    tion  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 en-
     vironment 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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