iptables question

Guy Fraser guy at incentre.net
Mon Jul 11 22:08:48 UTC 2005


On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 18:01 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> 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.

This is probaly the same problem I had after an FC3 update.

Use :

ssh -Y computer1






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