Re: Can't get ssh to forward X packets

Jeff Nokes wrote: > no changes. When looking at the verbose output, no mention of X forwarding at > all. I know I'm doing it correctly: >ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... and I do log in successfully, but there's never a $DISPLAY variable set on > the remote host, as there should be. When I ch

RE: Can't get ssh to forward X packets

Free. Todd C. Bowden HP Certified AtosOrigin 5000 S. Bowen Arlington, TX 76017 Office: 817-264-8211 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff Nokes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:08 PM To: Todd Bowden; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Can't

RE: Can't get ssh to forward X packets

Thanks for the reply Todd. Here's what I found: Before changing anything: - There was still no $DISPLAY set on the remote host after logging in. No change in behavior, X still not forwarding. After setting a local DISPLAY in my Cygwin ennvironment, I then tried the follwoing, and it worked, bu

RE: Can't get ssh to forward X packets

The problem is on the client side. Before you ssh to your other systems export DISPLAY=localhost:0 Than try and ssh into Linux systems. Test: 1. Before changing anything ssh into Linux system. What does $DISPLAY say? 2. After changing display on client side, What does $DISPLAY say? Todd C. B