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Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop?



Hi Hans,

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Hans Kruse <email@hidden> wrote:
> Actually, the DISPLAY is not set at all.   Just a hunch -- you are using
> root as your user and Linux tends to be picky about remote access by X11.
> I never do that, but there may indeed another setting that needs to be
> changed to permit this.

You're correct. On my box,

  grep -i root /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    AllowUsers         wil root
    AllowGroups        at wheel root
    PermitRootLogin    yes

Either way, the problems/errors are the same if I try any of the above
as user=wil.

Wil
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References: 
 >Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: "Wil Decius" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: Hans Kruse <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: "Wil Decius" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: Hans Kruse <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: "Wil Decius" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: "Tom Scogland" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: "Wil Decius" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: Merle Reinhart <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Fail to connect from OSX to remote X-desktop? (From: Hans Kruse <email@hidden>)



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