Re: ssh doesn't stop prompting for password [SOLVED]
On 2001-02-22 10:58 +0100, Joseph Dane <joe@hotu.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Berger <uzscd5@uni-bonn.de> writes:
>
> Andre> Talking about ssh, could somebody point out the steps
> Andre> necessary in order to export a remote host's display to my
> Andre> local machine via, if possible from scratch...? Sorry if this
> Andre> is a stupid question.
>
> do you mean that you want to run program on the remote machine and
> have them display on your local machine? if so, you should be able to
> do
>
> local> ssh -X remote
> remote> xlogo
>
> there are configuration options you can set for ssh to have it
> automatically forward X connections, so you don't have to specify the
> '-X' option. note also that if your .bashrc (or whatever) on the
> remote machine sets the DISPLAY variable, then this won't work.
> joe
So I have to stop a running X server first, then do the ssh command?
-Andre
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