[KLUG Members] can't open display for remote X app

[John Pesce]

Remote X display over ssh works fine. 

I can't remote display anymore when I rsh or telnet.


On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 10:22 -0500, Stuart Gillis wrote:
> On your Suse box, edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config
> 
> Change :
> 
> #   ForwardX11 no
>     to
> ForwardX11 yes
> 
> That should fix it.
> 
> Stu
> 
> 
> On 12/15/05, John Pesce <pescej at sprl.db.erau.edu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've encountered a wierd and unexpected X error. I guess I've been ssh
> > -X tunneling for so long I didn't notice until now.
> >
> > My older workstations that still run RH9 work as expected. I can xhost
> > nextbox, telnet or rsh from it into nextbox, set my DISPLAY to other:0,
> > and run xeyes.
> >
> > All my other newer boxes are running Suse 9.3 or RHE have ssh and not
> > telnet or rsh. We just got a new HP unix box installed for a special
> > purpose app and it does not have ssh.
> > On my RHE box I xhost +, and then telnet to the HP, setenv DISPLAY
> > RHE:0.0 and try and run the app.
> > I get Error: Can't open display: RHEIP:0
> >
> > I thought this was strange so I went to a Suse 9.3 box and tried to do
> > the same thing with the same error. Then I tried running xeyes on the
> > Suse 9.3 box and displaying it on another Suse 9.3 box, same error.
> >
> > I don't have workstation firewalls. What gives?
> > Did X add some new feature to disable xhost +?
> >
> > I can xhost + on the older RH9 box and telnet to the HP and remote
> > display ok.
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