Allegedly, on or about 19 October 2016, Rick Stevens sent:
> I've done this before. Essentially:
>
> 1. Ensure "X11Forwarding yes" is set in the REMOTE system's
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and make sure sshd has been restarted
> to read it.
>
> 2. Run "xhost +" as
On 10/19/2016 06:38 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> 1. Ensure "X11Forwarding yes" is set in the REMOTE system's
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and make sure sshd has been restarted
> to read it.
>
> 2. Run "xhost +" as root on the LOCAL system to permit everyone
> to make c
On 10/19/2016 07:35 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 11:29 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>> Be aware though that Firefox seems to try to be clever. I use this
>> technique from home to access intranet web sites by first making an
>> inbound SSH connection. However, if I already have Firefox r
On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 11:29 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Be aware though that Firefox seems to try to be clever. I use this
> technique from home to access intranet web sites by first making an
> inbound SSH connection. However, if I already have Firefox running
> locally, then try to start a re
aha...
ok.. think i've got a partial solution.
as root
xhost +
--not exactly sure what this does -- need to reseach,
but it appears to allow other users/processes access to the
x env.. (this explanation is prob way wrong!!)
login as user foo
su - foo
do a 'firefox -p -no-remote"
There are many pages on SSH X forwarding. I'd suggest a quick Google to find
them.
However, very quickly, you need to ensure that you have
X11Forwarding yes
in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the remote box
Be aware though that Firefox seems to try to be clever. I use this technique
from h
On 10/19/16 12:23, bruce wrote:
Hi.
This is a "continuation" of the issue of starting firefox for a diff
user on a box.
If one logs into (SSH) into a remote box, and wants to start firefox
on the remote machine, such that all firefox operations occur on the
remote machine..
Different sites sug
Hi.
This is a "continuation" of the issue of starting firefox for a diff
user on a box.
If one logs into (SSH) into a remote box, and wants to start firefox
on the remote machine, such that all firefox operations occur on the
remote machine..
Different sites suggest setting the DISPLAY var, as w
