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Date:	Sat, 07 Aug 2004 12:07:19 -0500
From:	Ken Dibble <kdibbleNOSPAM AT alltel DOT net>
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To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: how can I set $REMOTEHOST ( so I can set $DISPLAY with sshd w\X11 forwarding)
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In-Reply-To:	<loom.20040807T035049-115@post.gmane.org>

I'm not 100 % sure what you are saying.
Are you trying to say that the cygwin sshd does not respect the -X and 
-Y flags
passed to the local ssh process?
And that for the above named reason you are forced to manually set the 
DISPLAY variable?

regards,
ken


peter waltman wrote:

>hi -
>
>trying to figure out how to set $REMOTEHOST when I ssh into a machine running
>cygwin's imp. of sshd.  X11 forwarding works great when I set the $DISPLAY
>properly, but I'd like to have it done in the .bashrc file (by checking if the
>$REMOTEHOST var is set).
>
>I've tried looking through the startup scripts on both my cygwin install and a
>rh9 box, but can't find where it gets set.  can anyone point me in the right
>direction?
>
>
>  
>


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