On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 03:25:20PM +0100, Landry Breuil wrote: > Le Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 02:00:36PM +0000, Matthieu Herrb a écrit : > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 01:44:07PM +0000, Matthieu Herrb wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 06:44:08PM +0100, Landry Breuil wrote: > > > > Le Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 12:18:34PM +0100, Landry Breuil a écrit : > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > > > $waypipe -s /tmp/socket-local client > > > > > > > > > > in a term and > > > > > > > > > > $ssh -R /tmp/socket-remote:/tmp/socket-local -t localhost env > > > > > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/run/1000 waypipe -s /tmp/socket-remote server -- > > > > > foot > > > > > > > > > > in another correctly spawns a foot window in the running wayland/sway > > > > > version. > > > > > > > > Two years later, same spot, but updated to the latest upstream, in the > > > > meantime it's been rewritten in rust but the C version is still > > > > available, so let's stick to it for now. > > > > > > > > we're soon getting proper XDG_RUNTIME_DIR support, but with > > > > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/home/landry/.local/run/ in ~/.ssh/environment > > > > i've been able to 'waypipe ssh localhost foot' (sorry, only have one > > > > wayland-enabled laptop right now..) and the new wayland client is > > > > properly displayed over ssh. > > > > > > > > more testing welcome. > > > > > > > > > when you run "ssh host command", setusercontext() is not called. So you > > > need to setup the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in .ssh/environment (and set > > > PermitUserEnvironment yes in sshd_config...) anyways. Unless > > > I'm missing an option to cause 'command' to be executed in a login > > > shell with ssh. > > > > I sent the mail a bit fast. Wanted to add that with the above handled, > > I can run firefox remotely over waypipe, and even play videos, with > > the fun fact that of course the audio still goes to the remote > > machine. > > > > xfce-terminal, swayimg and foot also work. > > nice, thanks for testing :) > > so, how about this pkg/MESSAGE? (yeah, i've used the upcoming value for > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR) > > $cat pkg/MESSAGE > To transparently use waypipe, it is necessary to, on the remote machine: > > - add XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/run/user/<uid> to ~/.ssh/environment > - add PermitUserEnvironment XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
ok with me, unless there's a way to trigger a real login on the remote machine to run the desired command that we're missing. -- Matthieu Herrb
