Dougie Nisbet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I upgraded to sid running KDE 3 last weekend. Now I find I can't display X > apps from other hosts onto my PC.
'ssh -X remotehost.example.com' has always worked just fine for me... > Running 'xhost +' *NEVER EVER* do this; you've now made it possible for anyone on the Internet to do things like silently snoop on your xterms and capture usernames and passwords you type in. > Using ssh -X How does it fail? Does 'ssh -v -X ...' give enlightening information? > /etc/ssh/sshd_config: > > X11Forwarding no <- set this to yes (On the remote end; you probably also need to restart sshd.) > /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > # ForwardAgent no <-- Uncomment and set to yes > # ForwardX11 no <-- Uncomment and set to yes (On the local end, or edit ~/.ssh/config. Also exercise some discretion here, since there are security implications if you ssh to relatively untrusted hosts.) > Editing /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc and trying it with, and without the > -nolisten tcp Removing '-nolisten tcp' will probably make insecure X forwarding (moving xauth tokens and manually setting $DISPLAY) work, but you probably don't want this; ssh is safer and easier. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]