Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-12 Thread perryh
Frank Shute wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:18:07AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > > DISPLAY is not getting set in a remote shell started by "ssh -X". ... > Have you tried putting: > > DISPLAY=:0.0 > > in ~/.ssh/environment on the machine that's not setting DISPLAY > properly? Wou

Solved: Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-12 Thread perryh
Mark Felder wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:06:33 -0500, Michael Sierchio > wrote: > > > xauth not in your path? > > ssh -Y skips all auth stuff so you don't need xauth; he said that > didn't work either :-( Well, apparently, even -Y needs xauth (which was not installed on the 8.1 system) on th

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:18:07AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > DISPLAY is not getting set in a remote shell started by "ssh -X". > > $ echo $DISPLAY > :0.0 > $ ssh -X [server] 'echo DISPLAY=%$DISPLAY%' > DISPLAY=%% > > How would I go about debugging this? > > DISPLAY _is_ set

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread perryh
Eitan Adler wrote: > > It still fails with the 6.1 system as the ssh client, > > and works with the 6.1 system as the ssh server > > Is X11Forwarding yes set in the server config of the failing > direction? Both seem to be defaulted. On 6.1: $ egrep -C 2 X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread Eitan Adler
> > It still fails with the 6.1 system as the ssh client, > and works with the 6.1 system as the ssh server Is X11Forwarding yes set in the server config of the failing direction? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread Mark Felder
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:06:33 -0500, Michael Sierchio wrote: xauth not in your path? ssh -Y skips all auth stuff so you don't need xauth; he said that didn't work either :-( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread Michael Sierchio
xauth not in your path? On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:46 AM, wrote: > Mark Felder wrote: > >> This sounds silly, but what happens if you try ssh -Y > > Exactly the same thing as with -X, in either direction. > > It still fails with the 6.1 system as the ssh client, > and works with the 6.1 system a

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread perryh
Mark Felder wrote: > This sounds silly, but what happens if you try ssh -Y Exactly the same thing as with -X, in either direction. It still fails with the 6.1 system as the ssh client, and works with the 6.1 system as the ssh server ___ freebsd-questi

Re: ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread Mark Felder
This sounds silly, but what happens if you try ssh -Y Regards, Mark ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.or

ssh -X (X11 forwarding) not working from 6.1 to 8.1

2011-07-11 Thread perryh
DISPLAY is not getting set in a remote shell started by "ssh -X". $ echo $DISPLAY :0.0 $ ssh -X [server] 'echo DISPLAY=%$DISPLAY%' DISPLAY=%% How would I go about debugging this? DISPLAY _is_ set correctly on the ssh client -- I am running in an xterm there, and can successfully start an