Re: Solaris 9 sshd<---> Cygwin/X ssh Problems

From: Hank (william.quiter_at_sylvania.com)
Date: 01/02/04

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    "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<moWdnYM6sdDfJnCi4p2dnA@comcast.com>...
    > "Hank" <william.quiter@sylvania.com> wrote in message
    > news:7e15f9e1.0312262245.5095b273@posting.google.com...
    > > I think that I have a unique problem - I have read all the Solaris ssh
    > > or remote xdm threads and I haven't come across this:
    > > I am trying to connect via ssh to my Ultra 10 (Solaris 9) with my
    > > Windows 2000 service pack 4 laptop w/the latest Cygwin/X. I can login
    > > to the Ultra 10 just fine, but I cannot forward X11. I do have the
    > > sshd_conf file set to forward X, and I have the cygwin/X ssh_conf file
    > > set to forward X. When I try to run xclock, xterm, or opera (or
    > > anything X related) from the ssh shell prompt the process gets started
    > > in the Ultra 10, but it does not display on the Cygwin/X.
    >
    > On your CygWin SSH client, what does "echo $DISPLAY" say before you make the
    > SSH connection? What does it say *after* you make the SSH connection?
    >
    > > I reversed the roles of the two machines making Cygwin/X laptop the
    > > server and the Ultra 10(Solaris 9) the client. I made sure that the
    > > sshd_conf & ssh_conf files on both machines were identical. With this
    > > configuration I can run any X-program that I want on from the Ultra
    > > 10(client) on the server (Cygwin/X laptop) and have it display
    > > properly on the client.
    >
    > OK, good stuff. You have X and SSH working both ways.
    >
    > What SSH or OpenSSH do you have on the Solaris box? Did you compile it
    > yourself, or grab a binary from somewhere? And do you have any other UNIX or
    > Linux SSH servers you can test this with?

    I loaded a machine with Slackware 9.1 and used it as the server (sshd)
    and the desktop w/CygwinX as the client and it works fine for X11
    forwarding. I am pretty sure there is something I am missing with
    Solaris that is causing this problem. Is there anyone out there who
    uses a Solaris box as an sshd server?
       I have been thinking about dumping the Solaris 9 and throwing
    OpenBSD on the Ultra 10, but it is kiind of weird, with the exception
    of this X11 forwarding thing, I have grown to like Solaris as much as
    I like OpenBSD. Solaris works better for me on the Ultra 10 than
    OpenBSD in everything else but the one damn thing I want it to run. I
    hate to admit it, but it will be hard to say goodbye to my Sunpci
    card. Maybe I should load Cygwin on that (SunPCI) and use that as the
    server.

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