On Saturday 12 Nov 2005 07:33, David Kirchner wrote: > On 11/11/05, Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But nothing is happening. Firstly, I would have expected on the remote > > machine for the DISPLAY variable to have been set to localhost:10.0, but > > it is unset, but even if I set it manually, there doesn't seem to be a > > channel there (X programs complain they can't connect to the display) > > > > My guess is that there is some other configuration (PAM or something like > > that) that I should also be tweaking to allow this. Anyone any ideas > > what? > > What does ssh -v say when you try to connect? I'm guessing it's something > like: > > debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. > debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing. > > If so, you'll need to install the xbase-clients package to get xauth. > > There may be some way to do this without "authentication spoofing", > but I don't know it.
Fabulous - thank you. Now works a treat. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
