Not sure what you mean here David. I have tried it both ways - ssh as root and as a user. One prompts for the root password then does nothing. The other just does nothing. If I type DrakConf into a console locally it works fine.
I used to do this in 8.1 Something has changed. Brian On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 01:11, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > > I can't run DrakConf either in a remote SSH session. I don't seem to recall > the reason why, but I ran DrakConf from the console once and it told me. You > might try that and see if it works... > > Also, are you ssh'ing as root or as another user? Just as an idea, you may > have better luck ssh'ing in as root and then trying. > > HTH > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:13 AM > To: expert > Subject: Re: [expert] ssh and X > > > On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 06:19, Joan Tur wrote: > > Es Dissabte 18 Maig 2002 15:04, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > > > On Sat, 18 May 2002, Joan Tur wrote: > > > > Hallo! > > > > > > > > After having logged in my remote computer via ssh I can run text based > > > > programs but I get "Remote host denied X11 forwarding" when trying to > run > > > > graphical apps... > > > > > > Look for the system sshd_config file, usually located in > > > /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Make sure that you see: > > > X11Forwarding yes > > That file didn't exist in the directory, so now it's working. Thanks!! > ;) > > > > -- > > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain > > But Joan, > > Can you run DrakConf? If I login over ssh I can run other X apps, but > the DrakConf command just returns a prompt with no error if I am already > root, or prompts for the root password and then returns to a prompt if I > am not. > > Posted on this sometime back with no responses, so I'm interested to > hear if others get the same behaviour. > > cheers > Brian > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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