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Re: ssh authentication woes



Alvin Oga wrote:
> 
> hi michael
> 
> am guessing, you want to login into the remote machine
> and have it display stuff local on your pc???
> 
> lets say remote == 1.2.3.4
> lets say here   == 5.6.7.8  ( where you;re sitting )
> 
> here#  xhost +1.2.3.4
> 
> here# ssh -l michael remote
>         - enter passwd
> 
> remote# export DISPLAY=5.6.7.8:0
> remote# xterm  --- should now display on your "here" machine
> 
> # when done
> here# xhost -1.2.3.4

Nope, it's even easier than that:
	#ssh -X remote
will tunnel X over ssh without any other setting of display stuff. 
Check out the man page too.  There's a lot of great rsa stuff that ssh
does.

later,
Andy



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