On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:46:13PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> The actual tip is:
>
> OpenSSH will not forward X connections if the local DISPLAY variable
> is not set. I.e.
> export DISPLAY= ; ssh -X server ; netscape <-- "Cannot open display"
> export DISPLAY=:0.0 ; ssh -X server ; netscape <-- works
>
> No idea if it's true of other SSHs.
> The hostname part in DISPLAY is not needed. In fact, on my box (snapper;
> woody, OpenSSH 2.9.9p2),
>
> export DISPLAY=snapper:0.0 ; ssh -X server ; nedit
> connect snapper port 6000: Connection refused
>
> so it's actually *wrong*. IIRC it worked on some old version of OpenSSH
> (or maybe it was just a brane fart), but it certainly doesn't work now.
good to tweak the tips, if you know what i mean. :)
how's this?
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I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2;
Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #110 from Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
Here's how to TUNNEL SECURE X11 CONNECTIONS THROUGH SSH: on the
client, do this:
local-client# export DISPLAY=:0.0
local-client# ssh -X server
then once you're logged in at the server, do:
remote-server# netscape &
The environment created at the server will include the DISPLAY
variable, so netscape (or whatever) will dialogue with the
client machine. (See "man ssh" for more.)
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
