Re: X Forwarding via SSH
* Alvin Oga (aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com) spake thusly:
...
> if you are sitting on a machine called foo and ssh into westek
>
>
> foo:/home/westk> xhost +westek
>
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> export DISPLAY=foo:0.0
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview &
> #
> # should disply on the machine foo
> #
This is a really bad advice: it bypasses ssh X forwarding,
so it a) doesn't help with OP's problem, and b) is insecure.
It shouldn't work anyway: X on foo should be running with
-nolisten tcp.
Dima
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