Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:28 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh and X11 problem Message-ID: <495BB378.5000004@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion> References: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion>
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Glen Barber wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:54 -0500, stan wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:41:48PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >>> On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:35 -0500, stan wrote: >>>> I just built a new 7.1 machine, and when I ssh from a Linux box to it I get >>>> the following errors: >>>> >>>> usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "unix:10.0" in "remove" >>>> command >>>> /usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name "unix:10.0" in "add" >>>> command >>>> >>>> And I cannit get ssh to foward the X protocol. Yes I have added >>>> >>>> ForwardX11 yes to /etc/ssh/ssh_config >>>> >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>> I assume you have xserver on the FreeBSD box? Check your display name. >>> I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 'hostname:0:0'. >>> >> Perhaps I was not clear. Yes I do have the X server running on the FreeBSD >> machine, but that should not matter, as I am ssh'ing _from_ the Linux box >> which does have a working X server on it also, and can ssh to other >> machines and get X fowarded corectly. >> > > You need an xserver to connect *to*, which is why I asked. Nope, not true: you can ssh to client without x server (from an X server) and start x clients to display on your local machine. Through the ssh session, your display will be localhost:10:0 Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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