Re: Starting SSH problem (partial solved)

From: Bill Weiss (houdini_at_nmt.edu)
Date: 10/25/03

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    Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:02:55 -0600
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    Stephen Liu(satimis@icare.com.hk)@Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 11:43:42AM +0000:
    > Hi David,
    >
    > Thanks for your advice.
    >
    [making it work]
    >
    > As USER
    > $ ssh -X root@localhost
    > root@localhost's password:
    > Last login: Fri Oct 24 23:12:58 2003
    >
    > But could not remote-start application
    > # kmail
    > ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't determine DISPLAY. Aborting.
    >
    > # kedit
    > kedit: cannot connect to X server
    >
    > Remote-start application proves working on other PCs (RH distro)
    >
    > Any idea. Thanks

    Have you changed your /etc/ssh/sshd_config to support XForwarding? If
    not, change the file and restart sshd. It is fairly obvious which line to
    uncomment and change. 

    -- 
Bill Weiss
 
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