Re: forwarding X11 over ssh

2000-02-02 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Miller) wrote: >"Joseph A. Martin" wrote: >> I maintain a Linux system at our office. Quite frequently I >> administer this system remotely via ssh. Today I wanted to try running >> an X app over the SSH link. I passed the '-X' option to ssh which the > >Just in case

Re: forwarding X11 over ssh

2000-02-02 Thread Paul Miller
"Joseph A. Martin" wrote: > > Hello, > I maintain a Linux system at our office. Quite frequently I > administer this system remotely via ssh. Today I wanted to try running > an X app over the SSH link. I passed the '-X' option to ssh which the Just in case is was not a typo ;-) The '-x'

Re: forwarding X11 over ssh

2000-02-01 Thread Brad
On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 04:18:09PM -0500, Joseph A. Martin wrote: > I maintain a Linux system at our office. Quite frequently I > administer this system remotely via ssh. Today I wanted to try running > an X app over the SSH link. I passed the '-X' option to ssh which the > man page claims wi

Re: forwarding X11 over ssh

2000-02-01 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Well, it may have failed if you ssh'd into the box and then su'd. If this is what you did then ssh to the box as directly as root. "Joseph A. Martin" wrote: > Hello, > I maintain a Linux system at our office. Quite frequently I > administer this system remotely via ssh. Today I wanted to

forwarding X11 over ssh

2000-02-01 Thread Joseph A. Martin
Hello, I maintain a Linux system at our office. Quite frequently I administer this system remotely via ssh. Today I wanted to try running an X app over the SSH link. I passed the '-X' option to ssh which the man page claims will forward X connections. However when I try to launch an X clien