From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 25 23:18: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4262137B834 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:18:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA44670; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:18:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Message-ID: <39068A19.33C429EC@gorean.org> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:18:01 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT-0422 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brooks Davis Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenSSH: DISPLAY not set References: <0vem7ui60w.fsf@cs.uni-magdeburg.de> <20000425111835.A2200@pir.net> <20000425095218.B19838@orion.ac.hmc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 11:18:35AM -0400, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > > X forwarding is off by default with openssh. > > > > See `man sshd` for the config entry to turn it on in (IIRC) > > /etc/ssh/sshd_config. > > I believe that is incorrect. Please check your facts before responding. There was a mixup at one point early in the openssh import process wherein the default for the server was to have X11 forwarding off. Unfortunately, this mistake has not been corrected yet, so the proper advice is to check the configuration files for both the client and the server to make sure the forwarding is allowed. Doug (whose word for today is, "be sure before you post") -- Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. -- W. Somerset Maugham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message