Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 11:15:33 +0200 From: Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Subject: Re: X11 and ezjails Message-ID: <20170401091533.GA2495@esprimo.local> In-Reply-To: <7f49f81e25d0eb05aad1af66df49c525.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <7f49f81e25d0eb05aad1af66df49c525.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:39:29PM -0400, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: Dear James, > FreeBSD-11.0 > > I would like to run gvim in an X11 window over ssh to a jailed > instance created with ezjail. I have set sshd_config in the jail to > allow X11Forwarding and I am connecting with 'ssh -Y jail.domain.tld' > > However, when I log into the jail and run gvim then I see this: > > # gvim > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > E233: cannot open display > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > E852: The child process failed to start the GUI > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > > > I have run into this before and have attempted to apply all of the > previous remedies but nothing seems to work. Is there anything about > jails themselves that would prevent X11 forwarding? > > Has anyone accomplished what I am trying to do? If so then how was it > done? Please have a look at https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/53362/ It works with ezjail as well. Kind regards, Christoph
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