Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:41:14 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh + X11 forwarding = a hung ssh process Message-ID: <20020530164114.A1623@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020530091008.jdp@polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:10:08AM -0700 References: <XFMail.20020530091008.jdp@polstra.com>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:10:08AM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > I've been seeing a strange problem involving ssh's X11 forwarding > on FreeBSD-stable systems. Here's the scenario. From my desktop > machine I use ssh to run an X11 application on a different machine. > The application appears on my desktop's screen as expected, and it > works fine. Now I exit the application. But the ssh command does not > exit; it remains hung until I kill it. >=20 > For example: my desktop machine is "strings" and the other machine > is "thin". I start an xterm like this: >=20 > strings$ ssh thin xterm >=20 > Now I exit the xterm by typing "logout" into it. The xterm goes away, > but the ssh command does not exit. It just sits there until I kill > it. I think it's intentional; the ssh tunnel needs to stay open so it can do X11 connection forwarding. Kris --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE89riaWry0BWjoQKURAiQUAKDOg9+RYVowLgwX2MMrZG21FDluFACgxGpu mi3QfE3kfhObrOaXrvQVKUE= =ZX5q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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