Remote client through telnet gives error 232

[Reid Thompson]

Simon Keen wrote:
> I am trying to run remote clients on an X server using telnet, but am 
> encountering an error. My setup is as follows:
>
>  - runnning X server on Cygwin_NT-5.1 on a windows XP Professional
> laptop. I initiate this by running the default "startxwin.bat" from the
> directory "C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin";
>
>  - in the bash shell that opens I enter "xhost +" to disable access
> control;
>
>  - I then telnet from my laptop to an HP-UX 11.0 server at IP
> 158.234.197.198, and login as root;
>
>  - I run "export DISPLAY=158.234.197.171:0.0" (the IP of my laptop);
>
>  - I run an application requiring an X window: "sam", which raises the
> following error:
>
> XIO:  fatal IO error 232 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
> "158.234.197.171:0.0"
>       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
>
>
>  - I get the same error if I try to run "xterm" or "xclock";
>
>  - As far as I know there is no port blocking between my laptop and
> ther server. A trace route displays:
>
> D:\>tracert 158.234.197.198
>
> Tracing route to 158.234.197.198 over a maximum of 30 hops
>
>   1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  158.234.197.198
>
> Trace complete.
>
>  - with the X server running, I am able to run local X window
> applications, e.g. "xterm" or "xclock";
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Simon.
>
>
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is your XP firewall on?
If you login to the HP-UX box as a non-root user, does the same error occur?

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