[Sheflug] ssh X11 forwarding

[Andrew Basterfield <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I want to execute remote X11 programs with a display on the local X
server. At the moment I have xdm set up on the remote machines, but I have
to start a new X server for each machine.

I would like to use ssh for X11 forwarding, and according to the docs it
is easy - from an xterm just ssh into the remote machine and execute the
program and it will automagically appear on the local X display. Except it
doesn't work, the DISPLAY variable is blank on the remote machine. I have
tried using the +x option to ssh but it makes no difference.

The local machine is linux, one of the remote machines is also linux and
the other is netbsd. The linux boxen have a standard install of ssh 3.0x
non-commercial and the NetBSD box has the standard implementation (openssh
I think) that comes with 1.5.2

Any suggestions appreciated

--Andrew

-- 
sparc sun4c stuff : http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/sparc
personal email    : bob at lostgeneration dot freeserve dot co dot uk
___________________________________________________________________

Sheffield Linux User's Group - http://www.sheflug.co.uk . 
To unsubscribe from this list send mail to 
shef-lug-request@list.sheflug.org.uk with the word
"unsubscribe" in the body of the message. 

  GNU the choice of a complete generation.