[PLUG] ssh -X "Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:"

David dafr+plug at dafr.us
Wed Jan 2 19:26:50 UTC 2019


On 1/2/19 11:07 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 1/2/19 10:51 AM, David wrote:
>> On 1/2/19 10:42 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>>> On 1/2/19 10:26 AM, David wrote:
>>>> <...>

>> In my config file:
>>
>> $ sudo grep X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>> X11Forwarding yes
>>
>> If you have a "no" (which I think is the default) that will probably 
>> be at least part the problem.
> 
> There are 22 lines commented out in the group where X11Forwarding lives. 
> What I have for that is:
> 
> #X11Forwarding no
> 


The setting required is "yes" for the option to forward X to a remote 
location.

dafr



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