Subject: Re: Remote X through firewall?
From: Philip Good (phil@go2taichi.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 12:56:00 MST
Thanks for all the help. I now have it working. For those who follow in
my footsteps:
in gdm.conf under [dxmcp] set
Enable=1
in /etc/ssh/sshd_config set
X11Forwarding yes
You do NOT need to set the DISPLAY to the host machine (the one which
you are ssh-ing from and the one which you are X-ing back to). This is
handled by ssh.
Thanks again everyone for the help.
Phil
Sy Bensky wrote:
> Isn't the DISPLAY variable set as
>
> DISPLAY=remote-machine:display-number-on-the-remote-machine
>
> Sy Bensky
>
> --- Philip Good <phil@go2taichi.com> wrote:
> > I still cannot get an remote X session working from
> > my work machine to my home machine: xhost +, ssh to
> > home, export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xterm. The
> > last comand teims out after about five minutes
> > saying it cannot open DISPLAY.
> >
> > I'm thinking my remote X problems are because I am
> > ssh-ing out of my workplace through a firewall. I
> > can ssh out directly to my home machine from work
> > but in order to ssh from home to work I need to go
> > through first an external server (wormhole.xxx.com),
> > then ssh to my work box (mylocalhost). I'm
> > suspecting when I ssh out to my home machine that I
> > am not correctly setting the DISPLAY to get back to
> > my work display through the firewall.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to set the
> > DISPLAY to get to my work machine through a
> > firewall, i.e. 'wormhole.xxx.com' then to
> > 'mylocalhost'?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Phil
>
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