ssh X-forwarding problem

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:40:15PM -0500, Carl Alexander wrote:
> I have a newly installed 6.06.1 LTS server on which I've installed
> the opednssh-server, xorg, and xterm packages.  I've edited 
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config to allow X forwarding:

I think it is enabled by default, isn't it?

>     xela at ubu:~$ grep -i x1 /etc/ssh/sshd_config 
>     X11Forwarding yes
>     X11DisplayOffset 10
>     xela at ubu:~$ 
> 
> But when I ssh into it I get:
> 
>     xela at ubu:~$ xterm &
>     [1] 18593
>     xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 
>     xterm:  DISPLAY is not set
>     [1]+  Exit 1                  xterm

You need xauth installed on the server, IIRC.

Marius Gedminas
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