Stephen F Bosch wrote: > > Pierre Fortin wrote: > > > > Stephen Bosch wrote: > > > > > > Better yet, use ssh to make your console connections to the remote > > > machine. ssh will do two nice things: > > > > > > 1) ssh will by default set your DISPLAY variable when you connect > > > 2) ssh does display forwarding so that all your X traffic is encrypted, > > > too. > > > > Strangely, I've never gotten this to work either to a remote machine or > > locally. Never fully investigated, except to ensure forwarding was enabled... > > [time passes...] > > I just tried again and it worked... as root. > > >From the same command window, I get: > > [pfortin@bones Security]$ ssh -X bones > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > > Last login: Sun Sep 10 00:24:56 2000 > > [pfortin@bones pfortin]$ emacs junk > > channel 0: istate 4 != open > > channel 0: ostate 64 != open > > Error: Couldn't find per display information > > [pfortin@bones pfortin]$ > > > > I can't find the above error string in any of the binaries/libraries. > > > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? > > Well... > > I recently had a problem on one of my machines and finally discovered > that it was because ssh looks in /etc/hosts or something... I had some > bad information in there (grr... it escapes me exactly *what* was > wrong)... A valiant effort; but no... the only anomoly I can find is: sshd: 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 fails to allow "ssh [-X] localhost", while: sshd: 127.0.0.0/255.255.255.252 works. Strange since both are valid IP/mask pairs. Even: sshd: 127.0.0.0/255.255.255.254 works. This one is dubious since the mask is really insufficient for [sub]netting; though valid for strict host masking. At any rate, I can ssh fine as either root or pfortin. X only works if I am root; not as pfortin. Sounds like a permissions/authority problem since authentication works. Thanks, Pierre > but you might try examining those things more closely. > > Though my guess is that there is something wrong with your display > forwarding (as opposed to just the variable). > > -Stephen- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- Linux (Up 52 days) -- Reboots are for system upgrades... Last reboot reason: Installed new BackUPS power supply.
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