On Thursday, 03.03.2005 at 12:46 +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > >Here is a question about something I thought should work all by > >itself, but doesn't. > > > >Logging in remotely through ssh and have the programs running on the > >remote machine display on the local X server. > > > >I went into /etc/ssh/ssh_config and set ForwardX11 to yes on the > >remote machine No - you need to set it in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (note: sshd, not ssh) on the remote machine. Settings in sshd_config affect the ssh server daemon on that machine. Settings in ssh_config affect *client sessions initiated from that machine* (which is not what you want) ... > >I tried running ssh with the -X option. > > That should be enough AFAIK. In combination with the correct place for the for the server settings, yes. The option is "X11Forwarding yes" by the way, in sshd_config. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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