"martin" == martin f krafft <martin> writes:
martin> also sprach Vineet Kumar >> >> ssh -i <passphrase-less identity file> workstation xmessage >> >> The workstation allows it, and you don't have to open it up >> with xhost. martin> I can't get it to work. in a connection that's properly martin> X-forwarded (xclock shows up on the client display if i martin> invoke it on the sshd server), doing something like martin> DISPLAY=:0 xclock martin> also yields the "Cannot open display" message. That's because DISPLAY needs to point to where sshd wants it go! To quote from 'man ssh': The DISPLAY value set by ssh will point to the server machine, but with a display number greater than zero. This is normal, and happens because ssh creates a ``proxy'' X server on the server machine for forwarding the connections over the encrypted channel. >> Well, if you just want to do it the old-fashioned way, just >> using X and no ssh, how are you starting X? Removing the >> nolisten tcp as you did should work if you're using startx, but >> from *dm you might also have to edit the appropriate config >> file (e.g. /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers or similar). martin> aha. Ooopss....I just repeated this in an earlier mail. I should learn to read the whole thread before responding..... Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]