Re: X Forwarding via ssh

• Subject: Re: X Forwarding via ssh
• From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
• Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:14:04 -0500
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On 11/7/07, Mark J. Reed <email@hidden> wrote:
> 2. It's possible something in your remote shell config is unsetting
> DISPLAY.  Try this:
>
>    ssh -Y remotehost bash --norc --noprofile -c 'echo $DISPLAY'

Whups; that actually won't get you anything even if it's working due
to quoting issues - $DISPLAY is expanded before sshd has a chance to
set it. Try this instead:

ssh -Y remotehost 'bash --norc --noprofile -c "echo $DISPLAY"  '

note the extra quotes around the whole bash command line.


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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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