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From: Michael Shigorin <mike@osdn.org.ua>
To: community-en@lists.altlinux.org
Subject: Re: [Comm-en] OpenSSH problems with X11 forwarding
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:48:55 +0300
Message-ID: <20090425194855.GI15370@osdn.org.ua> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200904241302.26845.virtualsky.sk@gmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 01:02:26PM -0600, Virtual Sky Solutions wrote:
> I'm trying to get X11 remote desktop forwarding working on my
> ALT 4.1 desktop and my server.

Works for me.

> My server is using SSH and my ALT desktop is using OpenSSH.

How do you know what is used on server?  Is it commercial SSH?

> When I try to do the same thing with a PC running Mandriva
> 2008.1, everything seems to work fine no matter what
> application I try to run remotely.  The Mandriva box uses SSH.

Again, how do you know? (ssh -v might suffice)

> When I connect to my server, I use the command "ssh -Y username@ipaddress"

Correct, -Y is the current way to get all of X11 through
(including untrusted bits).

> Any ideas what is causing this problem and how I can fix it?

I'd try ssh -vv -Y username@ipaddress first.

-- 
 ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru>
  ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/


      reply	other threads:[~2009-04-25 19:48 UTC|newest]

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2009-04-24 19:02 Virtual Sky Solutions
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