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RE: X server acting funny when displaying remote KDE session
- From: Stefan Heinzmann <stefan_heinzmann at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:13:19 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: RE: X server acting funny when displaying remote KDE session
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
--- Vince Hoffman <Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com> schrieb: >
> > > No. Ssh uses port forwarding. That works by accepting
> X
> > > connections
> > > locally at the client machine and than forwarding the
> data
> > > packets
> > > that arrive on that "display" to your actual server
> through
> > > an
> > > internal SSH tunnel. Your DISPLAY variable on the
> client
> > > should be
> > > something like localhost:10.0.
> >
> > Ah, that means that xhost + should not be needed because
> > neither the X server nor the client notices that the
> > connection isn't local. Well, I need xhost +, so the
> > tunneling is most probably not working. But why does ssh
> not
> > complain? I do provide the -X option!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Stefan
>
> Is it enabled at the server ?
> (in /path/to/sshd_config is the option "X11Forwarding"
> set to yes ?)
Bingo!
I only ever looked at ssh_config, not realizing that there's
another setting in sshd_config. Now I get the DISPLAY
variable set correctly and the xhost + isn't necessary
either.
¡Muchas gracias!
If only my main problem (see subject) were equally easy...
Cheers
Stefan
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