You need to make sure that you've compiled ssh with X11 forwarding
enabled otherwise it will not work.
-AC
Dave Gagliardi enscribed:
> Hello all... I'm having problems with X11 forwarding between 2 solaris
> boxes.
>
> The client box is a Sun Sparc ultra 10 running Solaris 2.6 with ssh 1.2.25.
> The server is an Sun Sparc Ultra 2 running Solaris 2.6 with ssh 1.2.25
>
> (I did a make install of the software i compiled on the ultra 10, to the
> ultra 2)
>
> the problem is i cannot get the server to do X11 forwarding.
>
> >From the client (running X of course) i used these command lines:
> the names have been changed 'cause i'm paranoid...
>
> ssh -lspartan -v host.somewhere.com
>
> This gets me onto the machine, but no X. Then i tried this:
>
> ssh -lspartan -v -o "ForwardX11 yes" host.somewhere.com
>
> this also gets me there, but still no X. Then i thought about
> /etc/sshd_config, but to my dismay it is as follows:
>
> # This is ssh server systemwide configuration file.
>
> Port 22
> ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
> HostKey /etc/ssh_host_key
> RandomSeed /etc/ssh_random_seed
> ServerKeyBits 768
> LoginGraceTime 600
> KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
> PermitRootLogin yes
> IgnoreRhosts yes
> StrictModes yes
> QuietMode no
> X11Forwarding yes
> X11DisplayOffset 10
> FascistLogging yes
> PrintMotd yes
> KeepAlive yes
> SyslogFacility LOCAL3
> RhostsAuthentication no
> RhostsRSAAuthentication no
> RSAAuthentication yes
> PasswordAuthentication no
> PermitEmptyPasswords no
> PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid
> # AllowHosts *.our.com friend.other.com
> # DenyHosts lowsecurity.theirs.com *.evil.org evil.org
> # Umask 022
> # SilentDeny on
>
> I am at a loss... any suggestions would help.
>
> -dave
>
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