Mark wrote:
So, I just got access to a machine. When I ssh in, I can't throw x apps automatically.
Before you say it, the sshd config file on the remote machine has X11forwarding set to 'yes'.
Yebbut, do the *clients* have it set? Check /etc/ssh/ssh_config on the client side.
I did notice that the display variable was not set properly. So, comparing it to a machine that works (ur... the way I want) and a machine that doesn't:
works: $ echo $DISPLAY localhost:10.0
doesn't: $ echo $DISPLAY :0
This infers that the client isn't doing the xauth auto-handshake on connection. I haven't used any distribution in years that doesn't install xauth (.Xauthority "Magic Cookies") as part of the XFree86 packages, so you're left with enabling X11Forwarding on the client.
I have also, when the client was a much older release than the server, had problems with the line "X11DisplayOffset" on the server side. That sets $DISPLAY to :10 as above. If your client is anywhere near the same version as the server, that should not be a problem.
Obviously, changing the display var doesn't fix it. I can also just add the local machine to xhosts, set the display var, and throw apps straight over the wire.
But, I want to pipe it through the ssh connection.
Technically, you still are. However, that's not "The SSH Way", and it's not as secure.
HTH, HAND, TMTOWTDIR, ETC. ;^)
And when do we get to fix the damned reply-to? Please delete my address from the To: lines of any replies.
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