Remote X over ssh

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005, A. Khattri wrote:
>On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Bill Campbell wrote:
>
>> >> NOTE:  Current versions of openssh require setting
>> >> ``ForwardX11Trusted yes'' in the ssh_config file.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Yes
>> >
>> >I tried xeyes.  I get the "Can't open display :0.0" error.  What value
>> >should I set $DISPLAY to on the remote machine?
>>
>> If you're seeing a DISPLAY=:0.0, it's not being set by the sshd process on
>> the remote machine.  The sshd DISPLAY will be either something like
>> localhost:10.0 or $FQDN.10.0 depending on the setting of the sshd_config
>> ``X11UseLocalhost'' line (Linux seems happy with localhost:xx.0 while some
>> OS's require a real host name).
>
>Maybe you need to restart sshd (scary) or send it a HUP to re-read the
>sshd_config file?

Restarting sshd shouldn't be a problem.  It doesn't kill current sessions.
I've done it hundreds of times without problems.

Bill
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