>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf G R Bergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ralf> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:22:53 +0100, Andre Berger wrote:
>>> '-X' option. note also that if your .bashrc (or whatever) on the
>>> remote machine sets the DISPLAY variable, then this won't work.
>> So I have to stop a running X server first, then do the ssh
>> command?
Ralf> Nope. You can always do the following:
local> ssh -X remote
remote> DISPLAY="" xlogo
No, I don't think you can do that. When you login to the remote
machine with X forwarding enabled, the DISPLAY variable gets set to
something like 'remote:12.0', which points to a 'fake' X server
running on the remote machine (it's actually the ssh daemon) which
forwards the X connection back to your local X server.
If you cleared the DISPLAY variable the client ('xlogo', in this case)
won't know how to contact the X server.
Getting back to the original question: no, you do not have to do
anything special. If you are running X on the local machine (which I
assume you are), then just login to the remote machine using
'ssh -X remote' and run your X clients.
--
joe
