[geeks] X11 forwarding over ssh: hostname resolution

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Mon Jul 17 21:49:44 CDT 2006


On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Like I said, I use:
>
> ssh -c blowfish -C -X powerhouse.ikickass.org
>
> which doesn't work.

Make sure that xauth is in your path at the remote end prior to
execution of your .profile/.login.  Also, make sure DISPLAY is set
properly locally.

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