On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:55:18AM -0700, kelsey hudson wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
> >Here is my techinique for review and correction:
> >
> >1. On the client, I run "xhost +" for promiscuous acceptance
> >
> >2. On the server, I run "export DISPLAY=toto:0.0" to tell it where to
> >send output
>
> That's not even tunneled.
>
> Try this:
>
> ssh -X oz -l root # (you want to be root -- one of your errors was
> permissions, and sudo/su fubar the X auth model)
>
> then, magically,
>
> xterm & # (or something)
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ssh -X oz -l root
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password:
Last login: Mon Mar 6 09:19:14 2006
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# wish
_X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for localhost:6010: Name
or service not known
Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk applicationcouldn't
connect to display "localhost:10.0"
% [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# export DISPLAY=toto:0.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# wish
Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk applicationcouldn't
connect to display "toto:0.0"
% [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# xterm &
[1] 11994
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being
run by the root user.
The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted
in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running
the
program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the
executable.
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s
[1]+ Exit 1 xterm
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Lan Barnes
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast
If you can cause enough doubt on evolution, liberalism will die.
- Terry Fox, Wichita Southern Baptist minister
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