I had to compile with --enable-X11-forwarding specified in order to get
mine to work. That doesn't explain why your first one works, however.
Michael Hulet
Network System Administrator
ITTC, University of Kansas
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Brian Hall wrote:
> I have a question regarding forwarding X11 packets back through ssh2.
> I have ssh2 up and running on two (almost) identically configured RedHat
> 6.0 machines, and I can successfully log into each of them. When I ssh
> into the first the DISPLAY variable is set properly, the cookie is added
> to my .Xauthority file, and X apps appear on my desktop with no
> problem. However when I connect to the second machine, the DISPLAY
> variable is not set, xauth is not run, and forwarding doesn't happen.
> Both machines have xauth and the X libraries in the path, but I must be
> missing something on this second machine that is preventing DISPLAY from
> being set, and any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> TIA,
>
> Brian
>
