Re: ssh setup

[Jeff Elkins <jeffelkins@earthlink.net>]

On Saturday 31 May 2003 4:09 pm, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Jeff Elkins (jeffelkins@earthlink.net) [030531 12:42]:
> > I'm setting up a previously working woody mp3 server after a crash, but
> > when I try to run xmms via ssh I get:
> >
> > ** CRITICAL **: Unable to open display
> >
> > X11 forwarding is turned on.  What have I forgotten?
>
> more specifically, I take it you mean you have "X11Forwarding yes" on
> the server's sshd_config, yes?  Have you also enabled it on the client,
> either via "ForwardX11 yes" in ssh_config (or ~/.ssh/config) or by using
> the -X command-line option to ssh?
>
> Have you looked at the output of ssh -v?
>
> good times,
> vineet
> --
> http://www.doorstop.net/

Yep, X11Forwarding is set to yes in /etc/ssh_config for both the client and 
the server. SSH seems to function normally in all other respects...

I've included my output from -v below.

OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090702f
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted.
debug1: Connecting to music.elkins [192.168.0.30] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_3.4p1 
Debian 1:3.4p1-1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-2
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'music.elkins' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:10
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /root/.ssh/identity
debug1: Trying private key: /root/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Offering public key: /root/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-dss blen 434 lastkey 0x80845c8 hint 2
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
debug1: fd 4 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
[jeff@kathix:jeff]$ debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
debug1: channel 0: request x11-req
debug1: Sending command: xmms
debug1: channel 0: request exec
debug1: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug1: channel 0: read<=0 rfd 4 len 0
debug1: channel 0: read failed
debug1: channel 0: close_read
debug1: channel 0: input open -> drain
debug1: channel 0: ibuf empty
debug1: channel 0: send eof
debug1: channel 0: input drain -> closed
** debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
debug1: channel 0: rcvd eof
debug1: channel 0: output open -> drain
debug1: channel 0: rcvd close
CRITICAL **: Unable to open display
debug1: channel 0: obuf empty
debug1: channel 0: close_write
debug1: channel 0: output drain -> closed
debug1: channel 0: almost dead
debug1: channel 0: gc: notify user
debug1: channel 0: gc: user detached
debug1: channel 0: send close
debug1: channel 0: is dead
debug1: channel 0: garbage collecting
debug1: channel_free: channel 0: client-session, nchannels 1
debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 0 bytes in 0.1 seconds
debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.0
debug1: Exit status 0