xon(1) 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 con-
nect 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
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.
X Version 11 scripts 1.0.1 xon(1)
Mac OS X 10.5 X11 - Generated Sun Oct 28 21:52:01 EDT 2007