iptables question

[Scot L. Harris]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 17:39, Margaret Doll wrote:

> 
> #X11Forwarding no
> X11Forwarding yes
> #X11DisplayOffset 10
> 
> in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> 
> I have the systems names in each of the computers' /etc/hosts files.
> 
> My session is
> 
> xhost computer1
> ssh myaccount/computer1
> 
> login procedure
> 
> export DISPLAY=computer2:0
> 
> acroread
> 
> Error:  Can't open DISPLAY: computer2:0


Did you issue the export DISPLAY command?

ssh should do this for you automatically.  After you ssh to the system
do an echo $DISPLAY to look at what is currently set.

You should most likely see something like:  localhost:10.0

If you don't see that then try:

ssh -X computer1

and try the echo $DISPLAY again.

I think the problem is that you are setting the DISPLAY variable wrong.


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