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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:58:41 -0700
From: Mark Paulus <mark DOT paulus AT wcom DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin ssh client and X11 forwarding
In-reply-to: <20010223175326.AF77.GAUTIER@email.enst.fr>
To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
        Fabrice Gautier <gautier AT email DOT enst DOT fr>
Reply-to: Mark Paulus <mark DOT paulus AT wcom DOT com>
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Yes, the cygwin ssh client does support X11 forwarding.
Having said that, I have one caveat.  I had a problem using
the 2.03p1 client with my Netgear RT311 / Linux box combination
at home.  The 2.03p1 client would not connect.  So, I tried the
20001221 version, and it works fine.  I haven't tried the 2.03p2
client (Don't fix it if it isn't broke).  I can ssh to home, and start
up an xterm on my machine at work, using Hummingbird's Exceed.
(I've tried the xfree stuff, and it's still too crude for my taste.  If 
I ever get some time, I might try to work on some things for it).

One thing I had to do to my machine at home was change my 
.bash_profile.  I changed the following 2 lines:

export DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:=192.168.0.5:0.0}
export XAUTHORITY=${XAUTHORITY:=~root/.Xauthority}

I had to do this because I would su to this account sometimes,
and then the X stuff wouldn't work locally.  But otherwise, the X
forwarding stuff should work fine.




On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:59:17 +0100, Fabrice Gautier wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Does the cygwin ssh client suport X11 forwarding?
>
>Man page say yes (using "ssh -X"). I'm using a native Windows X-server,
>not XFree. I've tried to set and export the DISPLAY variable but when
>i'm logged in the display variable is not set (when i login to the same
>machine using a linux host the DISPLAY variable is set.
>
>Thanks
>-- 
>Fabrice Gautier <gautier AT email DOT enstfr>
>
>
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