Hi Christophe, thanks for taking the time.
I double checked the syntax with the man pages and I believe I already set it up this way ... with no success. black:/etc/ssh# grep orward * ssh_config: ForwardAgent yes ssh_config: ForwardX11 yes sshd_config:X11Forwarding yes rock:/etc/ssh# grep orward * | grep -v '#' ssh_config:ForwardX11 yes ssh_config:ForwardAgent yes sshd_config:X11Forwarding yes And the result is still the same?! black:/etc/ssh# ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: Linux rock 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 GNU/Linux The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Sat Sep 6 18:17:49 2003 from black rock:~# echo $DISPLAY rock:~# Do you know what part SSH2 plays here? I am always doing the config changes in /etc/ssh not in /etc/ssh2. Cheers, Mariano On Saturday 06 September 2003 17:41, you wrote: > Le Samedi 6 Septembre 2003 17:30, Mariano Kamp a déclamé : > > I have two boxes, one with X (black) and one without (rock). I want > > to run an X Application on rock, but always get the message that it is > > not possible to connect to the remote xserver. > > Hope this helps: > > To launch X applications through ssh, i had only to : > - set "X11Forwarding" to "true" in sshd_config on the server, AND in > ssh_config on the client, > - after a ssh login, $DISPLAY was localhost:10.0 (!) > - and that's all ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]