Hello,
On 13 April 2015 at 15:10, dan mclaughlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:49:02 +0530 Hrishikesh Murukkathampoondi
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I am running OpenSD 5.6 on a x86 netbook. I am trying to setup X11
>> forwarding in ssh.
>>
>> In sshd_config I have added
>> X11Forwarding yes
>>
>> In ssh_config I have added
>> ForwardAgent yes
>> ForwardX11 yes
>>
>> I have restarted sshd (pkill -HUP sshd) and when I start ssh from the
>> client using ssh -X I get DISPLAY is not set when trying to launch an xterm.
>
> this is probably a bad idea. that will send the signal to all sshd processes,
> and not just the main server.
>
> the proper way to restart sshd is to use the pid in /var/run/sshd.pid ie
>
> $ kill -1 $(</var/run/sshd.pid)
Noup, kill HUP is completely okay. Have a look:
$ uname -r
5.6
$ grep -A 2 rc_reload /etc/rc.d/sshd
rc_reload() {
${daemon} ${daemon_flags} -t && pkill -HUP -f "^${pexp}"
}
and for clarity:
$ grep pexp= /etc/rc.d/rc.subr |tail -1
pexp="${daemon}${daemon_flags:+ ${daemon_flags}}"
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Regards,
Ville
