Remote Display of the X Protocol The X Protocol In X the X
client, which is the application is completely separate from the
display which is the X server. On a computer the X clients and
the X server still use the X protocol but they are using it on
Unix domain sockets which are faster than network sockets. Each
managed display has is regulated for the number of connections
in /tmp/.X11-unix/X#. There is a number after the X. You can see
this with: The “0″ means that it is configured for local display
only. X clients on one computer can display another host’s X
server over the network once permissions have been set up. The X
Client, WK, wants to view applications on the remote X Server,
RD. The first thing that must happen is that the remote host
must give permission for the X Client to access the site: xhost
+ wk This enables the user access from the X client. Now the X
client accesses a program using the DISPLAY. DISPLAY=rd:0 term &
This will display a terminal from the remote X server, rd on the
X client.