[geeks] X11 forwarding over ssh: hostname resolution

Charles Shannon Hendrix shannon at widomaker.com
Tue Jul 18 15:05:55 CDT 2006


Mon, 17 Jul 2006 @ 22:25 -0400, Sridhar Ayengar said:

> > One thing you try when this happens on a UNIX X11 server is this:
> > 
> > % ssh -X <hostname>
> > 
> > ...because -X forces X11 forwarding.
> > 
> > If that works, then the problem is your ssh client is not seeing the
> > ForwardX11 option, or a rule which turns it off matches instead.
> 
> Like I said, I use:
> 
> ssh -c blowfish -C -X powerhouse.ikickass.org
> 
> which doesn't work.

I never got your post.

Have you tried not using anything except what I said above, configuring
for it if necessary?

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