Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:36:12 +0100 From: Marc Perisa <perisa@porsche.de> To: "Michael C. Cambria" <cambria@fid4.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH x11 forwarding of netscape Message-ID: <3DC123BC.50209@porsche.de> References: <3DC051F4.4010003@fid4.com>
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[ -redirected to -questions where it belongs] Michael C. Cambria wrote: > > 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. > What happened if you type "ssh -X <yourmachine>", login and then type "netscape" ? Hope that helps Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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