Re: remote x via ssh question
Lo, on , January 1, Forrest English did write:
>
> sorry about that, i should have been more specific.
>
> i have my sshd_config file set up on both machines to allow X11Forwarding.
> i am trying to connect from my desktop (thneed) to my server (truffula.net).
>
> forrest@thneed:~$ ssh -X truffula.net
> forrest@truffula.net's password:
> Last login: Mon Jan 1 14:41:42 2001 from 192.168.1.10
> [forrest@truffula forrest]$ bluefish
> channel 0: istate 4 != open
> channel 0: ostate 64 != open
> Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to truffula.net:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server
> shutdown).
Hm. From that error, it looks like the X connection was established, then
broken. It's obvious that your login shell on truffula has the right
DISPLAY setting, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on here.
> i can do it just fine if i export the DISPLAY to my ip, however i've
> talked to several people who have told me there is no need fo this if ssh
> is configured to forward x.
You're right, you shouldn't have to do that.
Moreover, if you *do* set DISPLAY manually (presumably to something like
`thneed:0.0', the X messages will NOT be tunneled over ssh and will
therefore NOT be encrypted.
Bad idea.
Richard
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