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Re: ssh x forwarding


Not that this is sure to solve your problem, but it's a possibility:
ssh daemons can be configured to prohibit X forwarding. Try

   ssh -v -l <user> <system> <x app>

to see what ssh reports regarding whether X forwarding was actually
established, and/or check the sshd_config file on the remote machine
(if you have permission; otherwise, ask the admin.)


I think Patrick Nelson wrote:
[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
> In ssh you get x forwarding.  But, I can't seem to get it working.  A
> command like:
> 
>   ssh -l <user> <system> <x app>
> 
> always responds with something like:
> 
>  Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> 
> Is there some configuration that needs to take place in cygwin first?  Yes I
> can log in by dropping the <x app> part and yes the <x app> is available.
> Tried running the above from a terminal that displayed after doing a
> "startx" too... same result.  So I have to figure I just don't have
> something setup correctly.
> 



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