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xon(1X)
X11R6
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...]

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 will not 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 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.

DESCRIPTION
  The xon program 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 'remote-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.

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.

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