Re: X Forwarding via SSH

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Kent West wrote:

> Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
>
> > See if you have $DISPLAY set on EnJaeLove first, and on westek
> > after you ssh to it. Also check $XAUTHORITY on westek.
> >
> > Dima
>
> EnJaeLove[westk]:/home/westk> echo $DISPLAY
> :1.0
>
> Sat Apr  6   18:42:35
> -----------
> EnJaeLove[westk]:/home/westk> ssh -X westek.acu.edu
> westk@westek.acu.edu's password:
>
> --------------
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> echo $DISPLAY
>
>
> --------------
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> echo $XAUTHORITY
>
>
> --------------
> westek[westk]:/home/westk>
For comparison, I ssh'd to the Solaris box I mentioned in my first post, 
and did an "echo $DISPLAY" and got in return:

canaan[westk]:/home/sys/westk> echo $DISPLAY
canaan:10.0


So, for some reason, it seems that my Sid box that I'm ssh'ing into 
isn't setting my DISPLAY. Why not?

Kent



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