> ---ORIGINAL MESSAGE--- > Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:34:54 -0800 (PST) > From: Robin Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [vox-tech] can't open display with ssh2 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm unable to forward X despite the fact that I used the -X option with > ssh and ForwardX11 is set to yes in ssh_config on the remote machine (on > both machines, actually). I get the error message > > Error: Can't open display: > > which evidently means that ssh2 has failed to perform its usual magic in > setting up the display. A wander through google has comforted me with the > realization that I am not alone in having this problem, although it has > not given me any answers. Any idea what's happening? I saw nothing > obviously amiss in the output of ssh -v, but will append the output below > in case others see problems I missed.
Debian installs default to locking down this feature at the SSH Server side. edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the SSH server and change the line saying: X11Forwarding no to say: X11Forwarding yes -- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: D5E2 8839 6ED3 3305 805C 941F 9476 A9BD E2B2 CAD1 Import with `gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key E2B2CAD1` Also on www: http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bloom/kabloom.asc For more information about PGP and GPG, see http://www.gnupg.org/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
