> Hi, > I wish to enable X Forwarding via SSH. The remote box is Gentoo. It is > behind NAT with static NAT entry for port 22, so I can connect to this > boxx without any problems. I viewed the default values at > /etc/ssh/sshd_config and the seem to be OK. However, when I try > to run any > program at my remote computer I recieve the following error: > > _X11TransSocketOpen: socket() failed for tcp > _X11TransSocketOpenCOTSClient: Unable to open socket for tcp > _X11TransOpen: transport open failed for tcp/localhost:10 > Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0 >
On the remote Gentoo box, make sure that /etc/ssh/sshd_config has X Forwarding set to yes, and then restart sshd. On the local machine, shell into the remote machine using ssh -X -C -c blowfish remote_IP At this point you should be working. Good luck, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
