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Re: Problems with ssh and X
- From: Jean-Sebastien Trottier <jst1 at email dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:23:06 -0500
- Subject: Re: Problems with ssh and X
- References: <41C01567@webmail.ncl.ac.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi Christian,
If I recall my past life properly, -Y (X11ForwardingTrusted) does not
enable -X (X11Forwarding)...
Try this instead:
ssh -X -Y -l username remotemachine
Also, when you get bored of using command-line options, read 'man
ssh_config'
G'day,
JST
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:49:49AM +0000, Dr Christian Hicks wrote:
> First, please accept my apologies for send my message
> to the wrong list. Thanks to Igor for suggesting the
> FAQ list. I have now tried:
>
> ssh -Y -l username remotemachine
>
> I now get the error message:
>
> connect 212.159.18.214 port 6000 Connection refused.
>
> (the IP address is the static IP address provided by my ISP)
> There is still nothing in the log of my Netgear NG834G firewall
> or the ZoneAlarm log. I shutdown Zone alarm and the same thing
> happened.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be gratefully received.
>
> Many thanks,
> Chris.
>
> Dr Christian Hicks
> Senior Lecturer,
> Director of Postgraduate Training,
> School of Mechanical & Systems Engineering,
> Stephenson Building,
> University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
> NE1 7RU.
> Phone: +44 191 222 6238
> Mobile 0796 398 9449
> Fax: + 44 191 222 8600
> Homepage: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/chris.hicks
>