On 09/06/10 09:58, Alex Schuster wrote: > Jake Moe writes: > > >> j...@aus10224 ~ $ ssh -Y jhb5970 >> Password: >> Last login: Wed Jun 9 08:05:09 EST 2010 from 192.168.0.114 on pts/0 >> j...@jhb5970 ~ $ firefox >> Error: no display specified >> j...@jhb5970 ~ $ konqueror >> konqueror: cannot connect to X server >> j...@jhb5970 ~ $ >> > Try "echo $DISPLAY", this should give something like localhost:10.0. If it > is empty, the forwarding did not work. I guess you have to set > X11Forwarding to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on jhb5970, and restart ssh > with /etc/init.d/sshd restart. /etc/init.d/sshd reload should also work. > > Wonko > > Excellent, thanks for that. I had read about that config option, but it sounded like it only needed to be set if you wanted all ssh connections globally to have X11Forwarding turned on, or you use ssh -Y for a single connection.
Jake Moe
