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Re: Tunneling does not seem to work here (newbie)?


On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 savantsaro@cox.net wrote:

> >Try running ssh-host-config, and see if that works...  If >not, it's time
> >to debug -- maybe X11 forwarding is not enabled on the >remote end at all.
> >Try "ssh -Yvvv", and see if that provides any clues...
> >	Igor
> 
> I have taken your advice, and at the risk of being spammy, here are the results, in the hope someone might be able to make more sense of them than I:
> 
> (Note: possibly the following lines are of interest?)
> debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth  list 127.0.0.1:0.0 . 2>/dev/null
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
> debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
> debug2: channel 0: request x11-req confirm 0
> (/Note)

This looks like X11 forwarding works. Maybe DISPLAY is reset in some login scripts.


what does this report:
ssh -Y remotehost
echo $DISPLAY

bye
	ago
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