X over ssh: config questions

yocompia · 09-18-2003, 10:21 PM

i've been playing with ssh/sshd lately and i'm confused about a couple basic things:

1) are the lines in the /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config files with the #'s in front of the settings, like "ForwardX11 yes", supposed to be uncommented before they register for ssh or sshd? i'd think not, but i'm just not sure.

2) what minimal options must i set to allow for X display exporting over ssh?

all suggestions welcome.

thx,
y-p

time112852 · 09-18-2003, 10:56 PM

Actually i asked those questions in this post..but i dont know how much of it will be able to answer your questions. Here it is:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=92496

Robert0380 · 09-19-2003, 02:05 AM

i know this much:

if you uncomment a line in sshd_config, you have to do the following at the command like for it to take effect:

#killall -1 sshd

that will make it re-read the config file so that whatever you commented out will work.

yocompia · 09-19-2003, 09:28 AM

robert, is this like sending a hangup signal to the daemon? just wondering b/c i had been confused about this for a while, as trying "#killall -HUP sshd" just plain kills the daemon. as long as this makes it re-read the config files, it's hot.

thx,
y-p