Re: [Sheflug] ssh X11 forwarding

[Andrew Basterfield <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04 Mar 2002 22:34:34 +0000
Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com> wrote:

> +x? No such option! Do you mean you tried 'xhost +x' ? or 'ssh -x ...' ?
> 
> Neither's right, anyway, you want 'ssh -X ...' :)

I've just checked the ssh manpage

       +x     Enable X11 connection forwarding. (default)

> I presume you can log in normally.

Yes

> Regardless of X accepting the proxy
> connections or not, when you log into the remote machine (let's say, for
> example, it's called 'foo') you'll get DISPLAY set - 'echo $DISPLAY'
> will often give something like 'foo:10' in return.

Nope, I get a blank $DISPLAY

<quote (from an xterm)>

bob@snot:~$ echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
bob@snot:~$ ssh skeleton
bob's password: 
Authentication successful.
Last login: Mon Mar 04 2002 22:08:50
No mail.
bob@skeleton:~$ echo $DISPLAY

bob@skeleton:~$ 

</quote>


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