Thanks - a quick edit of sshd_config as suggested has sorted it out. M
>> It has `xauth` but in a different place... >> >> ~$ which -a xauth >> /usr/bin/X11/xauth >> >> SO what else may I need to set up? > > Does the server accept X forwarding (i.e. does /etc/ssh/sshd_config have > "X11Forwarding yes") ? > > Frank > >> >> > michael wrote: >> >> sorry about the wrong subject, initially. >> >> i should also have said that DISPLAY is not set on the remote machine >> >> (using ssh -X) >> >> >> > >> > Make sure that the remote machine has /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth >> > (from the xbase-clients) package installed. Without it you >> > will not be able to setup the DISPLAY of the remote machine >> > to point back to you through the tunnel. >> > >> > -Roberto Sanchez >> > >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
