Remote X

[Derek Neighbors]

To be more informative the config file should be sshd_config usually in 

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

Just set 
X11Forwarding yes

IIRC

Be a friend and if this works whip up a 2 or 3 paragraph article/how to on
how to set this up, so we can post on the PLUG site for all to enjoy.
This will be only way GNU/Linux gets beter. :)

Derek

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Matt Alexander wrote:

> Here's a problem that I've been having...
> I have a computer with a private IP address behind a firewall (doing NAT). 
> Whenever I try to run an X app through ssh, I get: "Error: Can't open display:"
> Is it because NAT is getting in the way?  Any suggestions for getting this to
> work?
> Thanks,
> ~M
> 
> 
> Quoting "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>:
> 
> > Am 17. Sep, 2001 schwätzte John (EBo) David so:
> > 
> > > hmmm... you also need to set the DISPLAY variable to something like
> > > setenv DISPLAY laptop_name:0.0
> > > 
> > > and make sure that the laptop has set the "xhost +desktop_name" so
> > that
> > > the laptop will receive the stuff from the desktop...
> > 
> > NOOO!!!!
> > 
> > ssh takes care of the display stuff. What you describe actually sets
> > your
> > communication outside the secure tunnel opened by ssh as well as opens
> > your
> > display to outside programs.
> > 
> > bash-2.05$ hostname
> > falco
> > bash-2.05$ ssh -X archives
> > Last login: Mon Sep 17 02:48:43 2001 from falco.lufthans.com on pts/2
> > Linux archives 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown
> > lufthans@archives:~$ echo $DISPLAY
> > archives:11.0
> > lufthans@archives:~$ 
> > 
> > That archives:11.0 actually points back to falco:0, which is where my
> > original shell started.
> > 
> > BTW, for those that need to open an X display to local X traffic, but
> > not external stuff use "xhost +local:". Also, if tcp is turned off in
> > /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, then connections from the network aren't
> > allowed.
> > 
> > Apps opened via ssh tunnels are actually local traffic, not network
> > traffic
> > because they make a connection to the X server via local methods (
> > unix
> > socket or tcp? I presume unix socket ), rather than connecting to the
> > X
> > server via the network.
> > 
> > ciao,
> > 
> > der.hans
> > 
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