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xrx - RX helper program
xrx [-toolkitoption
...] filename
The helper program may be used with any Web browser
to interpret documents in the RX MIME type format and start remote applications.
xrx reads in the RX document specified by its filename, from which it gets
the list of services the application wants to use. Based on this information,
xrx sets the various requested services, including creating authorization
keys if your X server supports the SECURITY extension. It then passes the
relevant data, such as the X display name, to the application through an
HTTP GET request of the associated CGI script. The Web server then executes
the CGI script to start the application. The client runs on the web server
host connected to your X server.
You need to configure your
web browser to use xrx for RX documents. Generally the following line in
your $HOME/.mailcap is enough: application/x-rx; xrx %s
However, you may need to refer to your web browser's documentation for
exact instructions on configuring helper applications.
Once correctly configured,
your browser will activate the helper program whenever you retrieve any
document of the MIME type application/x-rx.
The xrx helper program
accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options such as:
- -xrm
resourcestring
- This option specifies a resource string to be used. There
may be several instances of this option on the command line.
The
application class name of the xrx program is Xrx and it understands the
following application resource names and classes:
- xrxHasFirewallProxy
(class XrxHasFirewallProxy)
- Specifies whether an X server firewall proxy
(see xfwp) is running and should be used. Default is ``False.''
- xrxInternalWebServers
(class XrxInternalWebServers)
- The web servers for which the X server firewall
proxy should not be used (only relevant when xrxHasFirewallProxy is ``True'').
Its value is a comma separated list of mask/value pairs to be used to filter
internal web servers, based on their address. The mask part specifies which
segments of the address are to be considered and the value part specifies
what the result should match. For instance the following list:
255.255.255.0/198.112.45.0,
255.255.255.0/198.112.46.0
matches the address sets: 198.112.45.* and 198.112.46.*. More precisely, the
test is (address & mask) == value.
- xrxFastWebServers (class XrxFastWebServers)
- The web servers for which LBX should not be used. The resource value is
a list of address mask/value pairs, as previously described.
- xrxTrustedWebServers
(class XrxTrustedWebServers)
- The web servers from which remote applications
should be run as trusted clients. The default is to run remote applications
as untrusted clients. The resource value is a list of address mask/value
pairs, as previously described.
The xrx helper program uses
the standard X environment variables such as ``DISPLAY'' to get the default
X server host and display number. If the RX document requests X-UI-LBX service
and the default X server does not advertise the LBX extension, xrx will
look for the environment variable ``XREALDISPLAY'' to get a second address
for your X server and look for the LBX extension there. When running your
browser through lbxproxy you will need to set XREALDISPLAY to the actual
address of your server if you wish remote applications to be able to use
LBX across the Internet.
If the RX document requests XPRINT service, xrx
looks for the variable ``XPRINTER'' to get the printer name and X Print server
address to use. If the server address is not specified as part of XPRINTER,
xrx uses the first one specified through the variable ``XPSERVERLIST'' when
it is set. When it is not xrx then tries to use the video server as the
print server. If the printer name is not specified via XPRINTER, xrx looks
for it in the variables ``PDPRINTER'', then ``LPDEST'', and finally ``PRINTER'',
Finally,
if you are using a firewall proxy, xrx will look for ``PROXY_MANAGER'' to get
the address of your proxy manager (see proxymngr). When not specified it
will use ":6500" as the default.
When an authorization key is created
for a remote application to use the X Print service, the helper program
has to create the key with an infinite timeout since nobody knows when
the application will actually connect to the X Print server. Therefore,
in this case, the helper program stays around to revoke the key when the
application goes away (that is when its video key expires). However, if
the helper program dies unexpectedly the print authorization key will never
get revoked.
libxrx (1)
, xfwp (1)
, lbxproxy (1)
, proxymngr (1)
,
The RX Document specification
Arnaud Le Hors, X Consortium
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