On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 05:17:31PM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Mauricio Lin (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I have tried to make the ssh works with X on my debian system and no > > successful results. > > > > On local mahine I have put: > > > > $ xhost ip_remote_host > > Don't use xhost unless you know exactly what you do. Using > > xhost +ip_remote_host > > will allow that machine to connect to your X server on your machine. If > you use X over ssh, that is not necessary. > > > After that I type: > > > > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > After I logged I type > > > > export DISPLAY=ip_local_host:0.0 > > ssh should set the DISPLAY itself. Don't set the DISPLAY manually to > your host. This could result in the application trying to connect to > your local_host outside of the ssh connection, which is not what you > want, because that would be unencrypted, and your X server probably > doesn't even listen on the network. Let ssh set the DISPLAY.
It actually sets it to localhost:10.0 if I remember correctly. Then 10.0 is shipped back across the ssh connection to your local machine. -- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
