On 0, Sebastian Canagaratna <s-canagaratna@onu.edu> wrote: > Thanks. Your suggestion that I check that the X server is listening > for TCP connection was the most imporant one. I found that the xserverrc > file had -nolisten TCP. Once I removed it, I could get the diplay > forwarded provided I defined the DISPLAY variable. The remote > sshd server had Forward X11=no, so I had to define the display. Keep in mind that this means that your X session is being transferred by normal methods, not over the secure stream. So anyone could listen in to what you are doing. Personally I think you'd have to be pretty paranoid, but... Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." - George Gobol Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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