Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:14 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: sk89q <the.sk89q@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 forwarding through SSH: Can't open display Message-ID: <497D51E6.2000904@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <825770ac0901252109n14c9de4exec2fe3c1daed335b@mail.gmail.com> References: <825770ac0901252109n14c9de4exec2fe3c1daed335b@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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