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Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 12:12:06 -0700
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: Windows XP & Internet Connection Firewall
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Greg,

At 11:59 2003-04-09, Greg Kremer wrote:
>...
>
>I have been troubleshooting a problem I have notice with cygwin.  ...
>
>Now my question:
>
>When I run cygwin with the Internet Connection Firewall running I can 
>connect to our UNIX box but I cannot run the Xwindows 
>Applications.  If I run the following command:
>
>emacs -d lc116052:0.0
>
>Ater about 2 minutes the UNIX box reports "emacs: Cannot connect to X 
>Server lc116052:0.0.  Check the DISPLAY enviroment variable or use 
>'-d'. Also use the 'xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit 
>connections from your machine."
>
>If I disable the Internet Connection Firewall the emacs command works fine.
>
>I was just wondering if there is another work around besides stopping 
>the Internet Connection Firewall?

How flexible is the firewall? Any decent one has a way of changing the 
rules it applies to what's allowed and what's not. If that's not an 
option, get a better firewall.


>Thanks for your help
>
>Greg Kremer


Randall Schulz  


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