Re: ssh and X forwarding

[Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>]

According to H S Rai,
> On stable Debian installed PC, it appers that X is not 
> allowed with ssh. As on issuing command:
> 
> 	ssh -X ip.number1 gnome-terminal
> 
> it open a window, but issuing any command of graphic 
> program, says:
> 
> >Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display
> 
> Same command for other PC (ip.number2 having RedHat9) opens 
> the gnome-terminal without problem.
> 
> How I can allow ip.number1 to forward X?

Hi.

It's considered a security risk and has to be explicitly
enabled.  In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, change X11Forwarding from
"no" to "yes", and then do a /etc/init.d/ssh restart.  

Tony