You should not be exporting the DISPLAY, ssh does this for you.  So when
you login via 'ssh -X' $DISPLAY should be set to something like
'jim:10.0'  ('X11DisplayOffset' defaults to an offset of 10, check
sshd_config).

If this does not work, you need to verify that sshd_config has the
'X11Forwarding' option set to 'yes' and then restart sshd and retry.


On Thu, 2002-02-07 at 12:00, Anthony Hologounis wrote:
> I saw der hans post about using ssh with the -X flag. I read the man page on 
> ssh too. I cant seem to get that feature to work, either that or I am not 
> doing it right..hmm, lets take a guess..
> 
> Here is what I am doing:
> 
> xhost +bob #lets allow the machine bob
> 
> ssh -X bob #lets get over to bob
> 
> Whilst on bob
> 
> export DISPLAY=jim:0.0
> 
> $xosview &
> 
> 
> Ok that works fine.
> 
> After reading the threads concerning xhost I got the impression that I dont 
> need to do
> 
> xhost +bob
> 
> that ssh with the -X flag will work in its place...
> 
> I tried it of course but it doesnt.
> 
> So can someone give me the exact syntax of using ssh with the -X option to 
> export displays from one machine to another?
> Thanks
> 
> Anthony
> 
> On Tuesday 05 February 2002 08:30 am, you wrote:
> > The best reason I can think of to use ssh internally is for compression
> > - X11 is a major bandwidth piggie.
> >
> > "der.hans" wrote:
> > > Am 03. Feb, 2002 schwätzte Kevin Brown so:
> > > > If this is on an internal LAN at home then I would think that you
> > > > could connect without having to use ssh.  My systems here all accept
> > >
> > > Sure, you can, but why? ssh does what you need with less effort and way
> > > more security.
> > >
> > > ciao,
> > >
> > > der.hans
> >
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