From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 14:32:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B59AE10656C2 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D9C48FC14 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 282D7EBC0A; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:32:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:32:42 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: sk89q Message-Id: <20090126093242.863c59b0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <825770ac0901252217m74882871o543027b0e32b9eb8@mail.gmail.com> References: <825770ac0901252109n14c9de4exec2fe3c1daed335b@mail.gmail.com> <497D51E6.2000904@boosten.org> <825770ac0901252217m74882871o543027b0e32b9eb8@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Peter Boosten Subject: Re: X11 forwarding through SSH: Can't open display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:48 -0000 In response to sk89q : > I meant sshd_config. Do you have the xauth package installed on the remote server? You don't need a full X install, but X11 forwarding won't work without xauth installed. > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Peter Boosten wrote: > > sk89q wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am using FreeBSD 6.2 and I have been trying to get X11 forwarding > >> through SSH to work. I've gotten to the point where the environment > >> variable "DISPLAY" is set, but I get a "Can't open display" error when > >> I attempt to run an X application. The remote server in question does > >> not have an X server install. > >> > >> In /etc/ssh/ssh_config, I have the following lines: > >> X11Forwarding yes > >> AllowTcpForwarding yes > >> UseLogin no > >> > > > > Have a look at /etc/ssh/sshd_config of the remote server and restart > > sshd after modification. > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > http://www.boosten.org > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/