Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 16:41:08 -0500 From: "Michael C. Cambria" <cambria@fid4.com> To: net@freebsd.org Subject: SSH x11 forwarding of netscape Message-ID: <3DC051F4.4010003@fid4.com>
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Hi, I've just starting using SSH for X11 forwarding from one FreeBSD 4.6-Stable machine to another. One is home, the other in the office. I've been successfull doing this with most programs I've tried. The man page suggests "ssh -f host xterm", but in my case I need to also supply '-X' (as in "ssh -X -f host xterm"), but other than the '-X', most programs I've tried work. The goal is to be able to run mail etc. from home or (several) office, keeping all the folders etc. in one place, on the home machine. From the office, when I try netscape, things don't work. The command issued from my work system is "ssh -X -f <home> netscape". Not only does netscape not start, Mozilla does! Worse yet, Mozilla starts not on the remote machine, but on the local one. Running netstat on both machines confirms this observation, as does looking at local files from mozilla. Since KDE 2.x is running on the remote machine, I tried konqueror, thinking that perhaps a web client had problems using ssh in this way. Konqueror worked just fine. I confirmed this via netstat on both machines and also accessing local files via konqueror. One machine cvsup'ed and built on 15 August, the other the 18th. In case it matters, on both the home and work machine, mozilla and KDE are running. Netscape is not running on either machine. I use mozilla for mail, so in the long run this is what I want to have start. I only tested with netscape because mozilla was already in use for the username. When I login to home under a different username, netscape *does* start. The command "ssh -X -f -l <othername> <home> netscape" does what I'd expect. I just thought I'd bring this to someone's attention. Thanks, MikeC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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