[plug] X forwarding

[Craig Ringer]

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 16:10, WolfBite wrote:
> ok ppl
> i've tried setting DISPLAY xhost sshfowarding

I'm going to assume you've tried xhost and setting DISPLAY _separately_
to SSH X11 forwarding.

> what am i missing?

SSH X forwarding may be disabled by the server. Check the server's
/etc/ssh/sshd_config . To enable X11 forwarding you must also either
have it enabled in /etc/ssh/ssh_config, ~/.ssh/config, or by the '-X'
argument to ssh.

Setting DISPLAY and using xhost (or more correctly xauth) will only work
if the X server is listening for TCP/IP connections and access to it is
not blocked by a firewall. Checking and setting these up is distro
dependent.

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Craig Ringer