----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:30 AM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
> Kevin wrote: > > >Please can you help with this error? > >Below is the log, env and .bashrc > > > >DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY > > > >root@debian:/root # env > >PWD=/root > >PAGER=more > >PS1=root@debian:$PWD # > >USER=root > >MAIL=/var/mail/root > >EDITOR=vi > >SSH_CLIENT=10.100.4.117 2842 22 > >DISPLAY=debian:0.0 > >LOGNAME=root > > > > > Are you ssh'ing in to this box? > > And then changing to root? > > (It's not a good idea to run as root as a general rule; however, I can > understand the need to run X as root temporarily.) > > There's some security mechanisms in place with X and ssh, and even once > those are satisfied, I'm not sure what the effect will be of becoming a > different user. > > However as a normal user, you need to do two things: > > 1) edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set the line "X11 Forwarding Yes" > instead of "no" on the box being ssh'd into (and restart ssh -- > "/etc/init.d/ssh restart"). > 2) On th machine from which you're ssh'ing, use the command "ssh -X > <host>" instead of "ssh <host>". > > Kent > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Are you ssh'ing in to this box? Yes and no I only run ssh to get env and the logs etc to email. I get the error on the system when I run make xconfig. Thanks Kevin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
