Re: Cannot turn on X11 forwarding(the DISPLAY is not set on remote M)

From: Alexander Podgorny (opidgornyy@kyiv.utel.com.ua)
Date: 04/11/02 

From: "Alexander Podgorny" <opidgornyy@kyiv.utel.com.ua>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:25:14 +0300

"Richard E. Silverman" <slade@shore.net> wrote in message
news:m1llmbvwo55.fsf@syrinx.oankali.net...
> >>>>> "AP" == Alexander Podgorny <opidgornyy@kyiv.utel.com.ua> writes:
>
> AP> Hi. I'm trying to connect from a client machine with W2K (openssh
> AP> 3.1) to a Linux machine. On client: "ssh -X -l user
> AP> remote_machine"
>
> AP> Then I check $DISPLAY and don't find I set up to "locahost:10.0"
>
> "ssh -v ..."
>
> Remember that your local DISPLAY variable must be set before you run the
> SSH client, so that it has an X server to talk to.

Thanks That's it.
I figured it out right after I'd posted this message.
If local DISPLAY isn't set SSH does not even try to request X11 forwarding.

Alexander Podgorny
apodgorny@mailandnews.com

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> Richard Silverman
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