X11 Forwarding - I'm lost

lhiggins · 07-09-2003, 03:38 AM

RedHat 9

Hello all,

trying to enable X11 forwarding. Basically I edited my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to enable X11 forwarding. But when I log into my system and startx - it doesnt forward the screen onto the ssh terminal - but only views locally. I looked through the XF86Config file for any options, but there weren't any. Does anyone know what else I have to do?

Thanks

lhiggins · 07-09-2003, 06:00 AM

oh and it did restart ssh after i edited it's conf's.

whansard · 07-09-2003, 06:36 AM

i think you need to set the DISPLAY environment variable.

lhiggins · 07-09-2003, 06:45 AM

Is that in XF86Config?

whansard · 07-09-2003, 06:48 AM

"environment variable"

export DISPLAY=

moses · 07-09-2003, 11:20 AM

The whole point of the X11 forwarding is that you don't have to set DISPLAY or mess with any of that.
It's much easier to start X on the local machine and display X apps from the remote machine to your local machine. . .
Anyway, when you log in to your remote computer, do a:

Code:

printenv DISPLAY

It should say something like:

Code:

your.local.host.name:10

If it doesn't, X11 forwarding isn't working in sshd.