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RE: X server acting funny when displaying remote KDE session


 --- 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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