SSH -X doesn't work without an export DISPLAY

[Michel Dubois]

Sorry, 

The Y option is not implemented yet on the SUN SSH client. Too easy :)



On Thursday 05 July 2007 16:36:56 Matthew Galgoci wrote:
> > > When you set the $DISPLAY variable, do you set it to a localhost:#, or
> > > to hostname.foo.bar:#?  If you are doing the latter, then it isn't
> > > using a secure channel, but using normal X over TCP connections.
> >
> > Jonh,
> >
> > In the both case, I can't get the X11forward
> >
> > I have to export the DISPLAY env.
> > Very strange, I have 2 SOLARIS server, and I did :
> > workstation~#: ssh -X SUN_server1
> > SUN_server1~#: ssh -X SUN_server2
> >
> > xcalc display apears from the SUN_server2 on my LINUX workstation without
> > problem
> >
> > In the stuck case I did :
> > workstation~#: ssh -X SUN_server1
> > SUN_server1~#: ssh -X redhat_host
> >
> > xcalc display doesn't appear, same if I export the DISPLAY
> >
> > anyway thanks for your help
>
> try doing ssh -X -Y SUN_server1



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