Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-12 Thread peter waltman
Brian Dessent dessent.net> writes: > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > > It could be that if DISPLAY is set before you run ssh -X then ssh won't > > > change it. Try unsetting DISPLAY first. > > > > This is wrong. "ssh -X/-Y" will not enable X11 forwarding *unless* > > DISPLAY is set in the l

Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-09 Thread Brian Dessent
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > It could be that if DISPLAY is set before you run ssh -X then ssh won't > > change it. Try unsetting DISPLAY first. > > This is wrong. "ssh -X/-Y" will not enable X11 forwarding *unless* > DISPLAY is set in the local shell. Ahh, I should read the man page more ofte

Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-08 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Brian Dessent wrote: > peter waltman wrote: > > > yeah. pretty much. I've set the "ForwardX11 yes" in the sshd_config > > file on the server I log into and I've also set it in the ssh_config > > with the client I'm using to log into it. > > > >piano{pwaltman}51: ssh -X gr

Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-07 Thread Ken Dibble
peter waltman wrote: Ken Dibble alltel.net> writes: I'm not 100 % sure what you are saying. Are you trying to say that the cygwin sshd does not respect the -X and -Y flags passed to the local ssh process? And that for the above named reason you are forced to manually set the DISPLAY variable

Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-07 Thread Brian Dessent
peter waltman wrote: > yeah. pretty much. I've set the "ForwardX11 yes" in the sshd_config file on > the server I log into and I've also set it in the ssh_config with the client I'm > using to log into it. > >piano{pwaltman}51: ssh -X grad107m >[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: >Last lo

Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-07 Thread peter waltman
Ken Dibble alltel.net> writes: > > I'm not 100 % sure what you are saying. > Are you trying to say that the cygwin sshd does not respect the -X and > -Y flags > passed to the local ssh process? > And that for the above named reason you are forced to manually set the > DISPLAY variable? > > re

Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)

2004-08-07 Thread Ken Dibble
I'm not 100 % sure what you are saying. Are you trying to say that the cygwin sshd does not respect the -X and -Y flags passed to the local ssh process? And that for the above named reason you are forced to manually set the DISPLAY variable? regards, ken peter waltman wrote: hi - trying to figur