Re: X over ssh

[Michael Naumann <michael.n@strux.net>]

On Sunday 30 March 2003 20:17, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> 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)

That was it.

I had
X11Forwarding no
in there. Changed to yes, HUPed sshd, and everything workes.

Thanx a lot, you saved my day.
Michael