On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 10:27:53AM -0700, C.M. Connelly wrote: > SB> --> ssh -f alice xterm > SB> [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > SB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [~] > SB> --> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: > > SB> The funny thing is that X11Forwarding is turned on in both > SB> /etc/ssh/sshd_config and /etc/ssh/ssh_config. > > I can't tell what's wrong from this information -- have you tried > adding the ``-v'' flag to get verbose output? It's pretty amazing > what you can find out that way. (For example, a friend was having > problems connecting to one machine, and had no idea what was > happening. With the verbose flag, ssh told us that his > authorized_keys file had the wrong permissions.)
he should also try adding the -X swich which enabled X forwarding. i don't really get /etc/ssh_config it seems to be completely commented out by default. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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