help, why I cannot use graphical interface of remote workstation?

Yang Xiao yxiao2004 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 15:39:11 UTC 2004


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:36:44 +0800, Xu Hengyi <xhy626 at cityu.edu.hk> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Fist I  apologize for my bad english.
> I use the Fedora Core3.  I want to use the graphical interface of
> remote workstation. I do as following:
> 
> 1) In my computer: xhost +
> 2) I use ssh command to connect the remote workstation
>    I use the command like: setenv DISPLAY xxx.xxx.xx.xx(my IP):0.0
> 
>    But I still cannot use the graphical interface. The warning information
>    indicates that it unable to open display.  What is the wrong?
> 
> what can I do for this problem?
> 
you need to enable X forwarding in sshd.conf, and on the client side,
use ssh -X -l username host

Yang
Yang




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