Re: X client problem..

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Ishwar Rattan (<ishwar@pali.cps.cmich.edu>) wrote:

> System is Kanotix-bug-hunter-07-A (debianunstable based).
> 
> Call this box machine A
> I want to run xterm from machine B
> 
> Steps tried:
> 
> on A --> xhost +B
>         loggged into B(via ssh) and --> export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm
> 
> results in
> ... Can't open display "A:0"
> 
> Any ideas?

X11 forwarding not enabled in ssh server config on B, or not enabled in
ssh client config on A. Read

man sshd_config
man ssh_config

Look for "ForwardX11" and "X11Forwarding".

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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