On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 11:18:31PM +0200, James Nord wrote: > Tom Hoover wrote: > >How do I connect to the desktop computer _thru_ the firewall and use X11 > >forwarding? Do I have to setup ssh port forwarding on the firewall? Do > >I have to setup some other VPN software? Is there a howto anywhere that > >will guide me? > > You should be able to cascade the X forwarding. > > Did you try, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had tried that before, and it didn't work (my problem was that since it hadn't worked, I didn't know if it was _supposed_ to work). To test, I then tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] which worked (this proved that cascading _should_ work). Once I knew that it was supposed to work, I found that I needed xauth installed on the firewall machine, even though X is not installed on the firewall. Once I did an "apt-get install xbase-clients" on the firewall, everything started working. Thanks for confirming that cascading is possible, and pointing me to the solution! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]