Re: problem with X11Forwarding

Mahmood Naderan <[email protected]> Fri, 27 May 2011 23:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.network.openssh.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
=0A=0A=A0=0ADear all,=0A=0AThanks for your replies. However I don't know wh=
y I didn't received many replies on time. For example today I saw that many=
 replies were sent 2-3 days days ago and now I am reading them!!=0A=0A=0AI =
think the problem is with mailing list. anyway....=0A=0A=0AAfter I turned o=
n the sshd in debug mode (-ddd) and connect from a host, I see this:=0A=0A=
=0Adebug1: session_input_channel_req: session 0 req x11-req=0Adebug2: bind =
port 6010: Cannot assign requested address=0Adebug2: bind port 6011: Cannot=
 assign requested address=0Adebug2: bind port 6012: Cannot assign requested=
 address=0Adebug2: bind port 6013: Cannot assign requested address=0A=0AAft=
er some search I found this topic=0Ahttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor=
t.cgi?bug=3D422327=0A=0AIn the last reply, it is stated that=0A=0A1) Adding=
 the following to your sshd_config=0AAddressFamily inet=0A2) Restart SSH=0A=
=0AI did that exactly and now I can forward X. The problem has been solved.=
=0Ahope this help others too=0A=0A=A0=0A=0A// Naderan *Mahmood;=0A=0A=0A=0A=
----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: Darryl Cook <[email protected]>=0ATo=
: Mahmood Naderan <[email protected]>=0ACc: =0ASent: Friday, May 27, 201=
1 7:23 PM=0ASubject: Re: problem with X11Forwarding=0A=0Amake sure you enab=
le it in ssh_config as well.=A0 that controls your ssh sessions.=0A=0AQuoti=
ng Mahmood Naderan:=0A=0A> Hi,=0A> I have enabled X11Forwarding in sshd_con=
fig=0A> =0A> mahmood@server:~$ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep "X11*"=0A> X=
11Forwarding yes=0A> X11DisplayOffset 10=0A> =0A> =0A> However when I conne=
ct through "ssh -X server_ip" and run "xclock" I get this error:=0A> =0A> =
=A0mahmood@server:~$ xclock=0A> Error: Can't open display:=0A> =0A> =0A> An=
y way to fix that?=0A> // Naderan *Mahmood;=0A> =0A=0A=0A=0A--Darryl Cook=
=0ASystems Administrator - Computer Science=0AAppalachian State University=
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