XRX(1)
NAME
xrx - RX helper program
SYNOPSIS
xrx [-toolkitoption ...] filename
DESCRIPTION
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 var-
ious 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.
INSTALLATION
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 docu-
mentation 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.
OPTIONS
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.
RESOURCES
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 xrx-
HasFirewallProxy 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 seg-
ments 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.
ENVIRONMENT
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 vari-
able ``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 XREALD-
ISPLAY 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.
KNOWN BUG
When an authorization key is created for a remote applica-
tion 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.
SEE ALSO
libxrx(1) xfwp(1) lbxproxy(1) proxymngr(1) The RX
Document specification
AUTHOR
Arnaud Le Hors, X Consortium