Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:32:42 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: sk89q <the.sk89q@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> Subject: Re: X11 forwarding through SSH: Can't open display 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>
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In response to sk89q <the.sk89q@gmail.com>: > 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 <peter@boosten.org> 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/
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