Re: ssh and X forwarding

[amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk (Andrew M.A. Cater)]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 11:01:06AM +0530, H S Rai wrote:
> 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
> 
This is probably an FAQ :)  Debian disables X forwareding over SSH
by default, just as it also disables XDM logins round port 6000.

The sshd_config file (probably under /etc/ssh/sshd_config or somewhere
similar) has AllowX11Forwarding no

Change that to yes and restart sshd

HTH,

Andy
> Same command for other PC (ip.number2 having RedHat9) opens 
> the gnome-terminal without problem.
> 
> How I can allow ip.number1 to forward X?
> 
> -- 
> H.S.Rai
> 
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