Can I put this question on hold? I need to install an Xwindows client on the new PC first. That might be the problem. It's been years since I've done something like this.
- Client (the new PC) is Windows 10 running putty v0.73. I use ssh to log into Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using Putty.
- Due to the weird configuration, and me working at home from quarantine, I only have access to the shell, not a GUI for Ubuntu.
- I've tried to connect to Ubuntu and I can enter my username and password but then nothing else happens. No error message or anything.
- I set up putty to send Xterm to the new PC's IP address, which is, let's say, 10.1.1.11.
- I also set up the DISPLAY variable in putty for the new PC, which contains 10.1.1.11. I set it up just like my old PC.
- Connecting using Putty from my old PC, with a different IP, say 10.1.1.10, works fine. Ignore the fact that these are made up IPs.
- I'm not a sysadmin and I'm all on my own for this one.
- I looked at my older questions from 2014 but all my questions from before 2016 were deleted from this site, so that's no help.
My question is, I think I have to allow this new IP on the new PC at the ubuntu level. In my /etc/hosts.allow file I already have ALL:10.1.*.* which should allow all IPs that start with 10.1, right?
Do I also have to add the new PC IP for some xterm file? I need Xwindows and nedit supported and I don't know which config files to edit.
I use ufw for the firewall, do I have to edit some config file for that too to allow the new IP through?
But it no worky. Any ideas what I should check on the ubuntu side?
Thank you so much for your help.
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