Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:24:02 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com>, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh and X11 problem Message-ID: <B5C7FAFF-50E2-4460-9A1C-E235B803EB6F@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <495BB378.5000004@boosten.org> References: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion> <495BB378.5000004@boosten.org>
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On 31 dec 2008, at 19:01, Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote: > > > Glen Barber wrote: >> On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:54 -0500, stan wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:41:48PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >>>> On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:35 -0500, stan wrote: >>>>> I just built a new 7.1 machine, and when I ssh from a Linux box >>>>> to it I get >>>>> the following errors: >>>>> >>>>> usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "unix:10.0" in >>>>> "remove" >>>>> command >>>>> /usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name "unix:10.0" >>>>> in "add" >>>>> command >>>>> >>>>> And I cannit get ssh to foward the X protocol. Yes I have added >>>>> >>>>> ForwardX11 yes to /etc/ssh/ssh_config >>>>> >>>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>>> >>>> I assume you have xserver on the FreeBSD box? Check your display >>>> name. >>>> I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 'hostname:0:0'. >>>> >>> Perhaps I was not clear. Yes I do have the X server running on the >>> FreeBSD >>> machine, but that should not matter, as I am ssh'ing _from_ the >>> Linux box >>> which does have a working X server on it also, and can ssh to other >>> machines and get X fowarded corectly. >>> >> >> You need an xserver to connect *to*, which is why I asked. > > Nope, not true: you can ssh to client without x server (from an X > server) and start x clients to display on your local machine. > > Through the ssh session, your display will be localhost:10:0 > > Peter > > After re-reading Glens remark he's actually right: the client connects * to* the server, however the confusion starts when connecting to the client with ssh. Peter
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