* will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #110 from Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > Here's how to TUNNEL SECURE X11 CONNECTIONS THROUGH SSH: on the > client, do this: > client# export DISPLAY=client:0.0 > client# ssh -X server > then once you're logged in at the server, do: > server# netscape & > The environment created at the server will include the DISPLAY > variable, so netscape (or whatever) will dialogue with the > client machine. (See "man ssh" for more.)
I said that? I guess I might have... The actual tip is: OpenSSH will not forward X connections if the local DISPLAY variable is not set. I.e. export DISPLAY= ; ssh -X server ; netscape <-- "Cannot open display" export DISPLAY=:0.0 ; ssh -X server ; netscape <-- works No idea if it's true of other SSHs. The hostname part in DISPLAY is not needed. In fact, on my box (snapper; woody, OpenSSH 2.9.9p2), export DISPLAY=snapper:0.0 ; ssh -X server ; nedit connect snapper port 6000: Connection refused so it's actually *wrong*. IIRC it worked on some old version of OpenSSH (or maybe it was just a brane fart), but it certainly doesn't work now. Dima -- "Mirrors and copulation are abominable because they increase the number of entities." -- corollary to Occam's Razor
