Kevin wrote:
Please can you help with this error? Below is the log, env and .bashrc DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY root@debian:/root # env PWD=/root PAGER=more PS1=root@debian:$PWD # USER=root MAIL=/var/mail/root EDITOR=vi SSH_CLIENT=10.100.4.117 2842 22 DISPLAY=debian:0.0 LOGNAME=root
Are you ssh'ing in to this box? And then changing to root?(It's not a good idea to run as root as a general rule; however, I can understand the need to run X as root temporarily.)
There's some security mechanisms in place with X and ssh, and even once those are satisfied, I'm not sure what the effect will be of becoming a different user.
However as a normal user, you need to do two things:1) edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set the line "X11 Forwarding Yes" instead of "no" on the box being ssh'd into (and restart ssh -- "/etc/init.d/ssh restart"). 2) On th machine from which you're ssh'ing, use the command "ssh -X <host>" instead of "ssh <host>".
Kent