Re: X via ssh to HP-UX problem

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To: Pete Collins <pete_jc@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:02:06 +0930

On Thursday 15 July 2004 11:26, Pete Collins wrote:
> Malcolm,
>
> I noticed your issue on the bsd-questions list without
> a response. I struck the same issue with hpux from
> 10.20 through 11.11. I disabled the X11UseLocalhost
> parameter (X11UseLocalhost=no) in the sshd_config to
> resolve.

Thanks Pete; I'll try this tomorrow at work.

I have, so far, fallen back on the traditional xhost
authorizaton. It would be nice to get it right - even
though I dislike the HP-UX system and am trying to get
it out of the loop. But for the moment availability of
certain CAD software precludes this.
 
Malcolm

>
> Pete
>
>
> Extract from sshd_config manpage below:
>
> X11UseLocalhost
> Specifies whether sshd should bind the X11 forwarding
> server to the loopback address or to the wildcard
> address. By default, sshd binds the forwarding server
> to the loopback address and sets the hostname part of
> the DISPLAY environment variable to ``localhost''.
> This prevents remote hosts from connecting to the
> proxy display. However, some older X11 clients may
> not function with this configuration. X11UseLocalhost
> may be set to ``no'' to specify that the forwarding
> server should be bound to the wildcard address. The
> argument must be ``yes'' or ``no''. The default is
> ``yes''.
>
>
>
>
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