Bill Campbell <centos at celestial.com> wrote: >> True enough, but ssh makes the X11 DISPLAY things so easy! One doesn't have to much with xhosts and such. << Absolutely - you might *want* to use SSH for the convenience, but you shouldn't *need* to. I preach "SSH Everywhere" as SOP, even on trusted networks. This is probably the case almost everywhere, now that telnet is pretty much dead. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909