[Gllug] RuntimeError: could not open display

Jim Bailey jim at freesolutions.net
Thu May 4 09:54:19 UTC 2006


On May 04, 10:47, Tet wrote:
> On 5/4/06, Jim Bailey <jim at freesolutions.net> wrote:
> 
> You just need to ensure that on the remote host, you have
> "X11Forwarding yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and you can then do:
> 
> ssh -Y remotehost
> 
> Every X application you then run on the remote machine will be sent
> bak to your local display over the ssh session. If you want to avoid
> having to type the -Y each time, you can make it the default by
> putting the following in /etc/ssh/ssh_config on the local machine:
> 
> Host *
>  ForwardX11Trusted yes

Many thanks for this and all of you helping me no end to reach a tight
deadline. :)

-- 
Peace Jim :-)

 I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the
 desire to read.
 --Thomas Macaulay

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