On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:51:42 +0530 Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:08:29 +0530 > > Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am facing a weird problem when trying to run iceweasel on a > >> remote host through an ssh session. I have logged into the remote > >> host using "ssh -Y <remote>" and at the prompt of the remote host, > >> I ran iceweasel. However it appears that a local instance of > >> iceweasel is started. There is no iceweasel/firefox process at all > >> on the remote host. The only way I could get iceweasel to run on > >> the remote host is by closing all instances of iceweasel already > >> running on the localhost. > >> > >> Is something wrong? > > > > No, it's a feature :-) > > > >> If not, how do I run separate instances of > >> iceweasel concurrently? > > > > Invoke iceweasel on the remote host by issuing the command > > 'iceweasel -no-remote'. > > > That's it! Thank you. But I am curious as to how the iceweasel script > running on the remote host is able to spawn/control the local process > without authentication. I have not added the remote hosts key in my > authorised_hosts file. You passed the '-Y' argument to ssh, which enables trusted X11 forwarding. That gives applications on the remote host full access to your local display. > > Regards, > Raj Kiran > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
