--- "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 06:39:14 -0800 (PST) > begin Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > > Do you happen to know the syntax for this? I'm looking at both > files > > and not seeing any variable for DISPLAY. > > in sshd_config: > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > > the X11DisplayOffset tells you what the first number will be, i.e., > mine > will be 10:0.
Ahhh...i always wondered what that meant. The X11Forwarding part i knew. > > in ssh_config: > ForwardX11 yes > > So if you're going from HostA to HostB, check HostA's ssh_config file > (ForwardX11 no is the default), then check the HostB sshd_config file. > > Again, X11Forwarding no is the default. All of that checks out. I made sure to set that stuff up beforehand. Still, no go. I ssh from boxA to boxB, run whatever, and it appears on the monitor for boxB. But wait, this only gets weirder. If i reboot boxA, type "xhost +", then SSH into boxB, and try to run, say, an xterm, it appears on boxB (bad). If I log out, run "xhost +" again (on boxA), and then SSH back into boxB (from boxA), I can run an X app just fine, and it appears on boxA. Why should I need to run 'xhost +' twice? I know there has to be something i'm missing here (beyond the inherent security issues involved). > As for access controls, I'm talking xhost here. If you fire up X with > the > -ac option, or you run xhost +, then access controls are turned off. > Type > xhost with no arguments and it will tell you what, if any, are your > access > controls. But if you can suddenly pop up a box on the other host > without > first logging into X and turning off access controls, then they are > off. > Not good unless you want some prankster like me getting your attention > by > running a quick script that puts 1000 iterations of xeyes on your > screen. Ahhh...ok. Yea, i was aware of that command, i just never connected the description with the name. OK, so what would you recommend? The thing that I don't understand is why i'm having so many problems. When i run through this routine on any box at work, it works, no xhost'ing needed. thanks for your help. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
