> > > The problem is -- the user logs in into a remote system via ssh with X > > > forwarding and gets assigned DISPLAY=:13.0. > > Sorry I don't understand - what do you mean "gets assigned"? > > the DISPLAY variable is createx by X server, when the X server, when it > > allocates the port.
On 02.03.07 13:51, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > In my case I am talking about ssh X forwarding, so SSH creates a socket > and provides appropriate DISPLAY variable to point at that socket (not > at the original DISPLAY on the original, now remote, box). > So, if on a local box from which you > come you have DISPLAY smth like localhost:1.0, while doing ssh X > forwarding it would be assigned localhost:X.0, where X>=10 is the first > available socket 6000+X. (X is actually a sshd config option > X11DisplayOffset... may be I should change it to smth higher anyways to > don't interact with running VNCs per idea earlier described earlier in > the thread) actually, the X is not a ssh config option. It is just at least as big as the ssh config option. And the X (/tmp/6000+X) is/should be forwarded to :1 on your machine. Do you want to say, that something different is being forwarded? Do your applications show on someone other's display, and/or someone other's apps show on yours one? -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
