.\" $Id: kx.1,v 1.7 1997/09/01 15:59:07 assar Exp $
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.Dd September 27, 1996
.Dt KX 1
.Os KTH-KRB
.Sh NAME
.Nm kx
.Nd
securely forward X conections
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ar kx
.Op Fl l Ar username
.Op Fl k
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl P
.Ar host
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program forwards a X connection from a remote client to a local screen
through an authenticated and encrypted stream.  Options supported by
.Nm kx :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl l
Log in on remote the host as user
.Ar username .
.It Fl k
Do not enable keep-alives on the TCP connections.
.It Fl d
Do not fork. This is mainly useful for debugging.
.It Fl t
Listen not only on a UNIX-domain socket but on a TCP socket as well.
.It Fl p
Use the port
.Ar port .
.It Fl P
Force passive mode.
.El
.Pp
This program is used by
.Nm rxtelnet
and
.Nm rxterm
and you should not need to run it directly.
.Pp
It connects to a
.Nm kxd
on the host
.Ar host
and then will relay the traffic from the remote X clients to the local
server.  When started, it prints the display and Xauthority-file to be
used on host
.Ar host
and then goes to the background, waiting for connections from the
remote
.Nm kxd.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rxtelnet 1 ,
.Xr rxterm 1 ,
.Xr kxd 8