secureshell-help May 2011 archive
| Main Archive Page > Month Archives > secureshell-help archives |
Re: problem with X11Forwarding
From: Asif Iqbal <vadud3_at_nospam>Date: Sat May 28 2011 - 03:18:51 GMT
To: Mahmood Naderan <nt_mahmood@yahoo.com>
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Mahmood Naderan <nt_mahmood@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have enabled X11Forwarding in sshd_config
>
> mahmood@server:~$ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep "X11*"
> X11Forwarding yes
> X11DisplayOffset 10
>
>
> However when I connect through "ssh -X server_ip" and run "xclock" I get this error:
>
> mahmood@server:~$ xclock
> Error: Can't open display:
does the xterm work on the server where you are running the `ssh -X ..' ?
>
>
> Any way to fix that?
> // Naderan *Mahmood;
>
-- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?