Re: X over ssh

[Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be>]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 07:53:21PM +0200, Michael Naumann wrote:
> Oh, somehow I expected another answer.
> I'm quite sure, that it should be possible to tunnel X over ssh.
> And in one direction it works perfectly.
> 
> So from machine m1
>   ssh -X m2 xlogo
> works fine, whereas from machine m2
>   ssh -X m1 xlogo
> gives me 
>   Error: Can't open display: 

Are you sure sshd on m1 allows -X ? (check /etc/ssh/sshd_config)
If it does, check you have a correct $DISPLAY before you run ssh.

Frank

> I think, it should work. Too often I read in this list the
> "xhost +" technique is considered bad. So what are my alternatives ?
> What might I be missing ?
> 
> Thanx, Michael
> 
> 
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