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How can I rlogin with the DISPLAY envar propagated?

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From: Penio Penev
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 00:01
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Hi sgi netters,

I work on a X terminal, connected to a network of Indigos (4.0.1) and a
Crimson(4.0.4). Usually I connect to a certain host and start Xsgi and 4Dwm
from it. As long as I work on the same host, My DISPLAY points
correctly to my Xterminal. When I wont to do computations on a
different machine though, I have to rlogin there and start and monitor
the job. The problem is that I no longer have my DISPLAY properly
pointed at and certain X features (for example the -keymap option of
xwsh) do not work.

I do not want to use telnet, becuse It doesn't understand euivalent
hosts.

The man pages, say that the inclusion of DISPLAY propagation is in the
to-do list. Is there a newer version of rlogin, which does this? Or is
there a known workaround? Can I use telnet, perhaps with some options
to setup equivalent hosts and/or users?

I feel, that this may be a problem for any user, which has the DISPLAY
different from the REMOTEHOST, presumably all who use Xterminals.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

-- Penio.
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