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

[Dick Steffens]

On 1/2/19 11:26 AM, David wrote:
> 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.

I must have left something out of the last email. After uncommenting it, 
I did change it to yes before saving and restarting sshd. I also looked 
at the sshd.config file on the Ubuntu machine. That line was already 
uncommented there.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens