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[seacliff]

I have 2 boxes, a RHEL5.2 and a Solaris10 x86.

from my RHEL, I want to be able to run Solaris GUIs (xeyes).

This is how I do

RHEL> xhost +
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
RHEL> ssh -X sol
sol> bash
sol_bash> export display=RHEL:0.0
sol_bash> /usr/openwin/demo/xeyes
Error: Can't open display: RHEL:0.0

I don't have any firewall in between the two boxes, and I am not running any security feature on the RHEL box.

can anyone help out?

 

[audiovoodoo]

Do you have SSH running on the Solaris box? I did a quick search on this (it's been a long time since I played with X) and there are some known issues.

 

[Ijack]

Try just doing:

RHEL> ssh -X sol xeyes

after doing the xhost +.

 

[seacliff]

Try just doing:

RHEL> ssh -X sol xeyes

after doing the xhost +.

Thanks, seems like I didn't had a home directory and I couldn't open the .Xauthority file..
Trying the same way I did, with another user which have a home directory worked fine.

 

[Ijack]

That explains it. But it is quicker to just give the name of the program that you want to run on the ssh command line.

 

[seacliff]

That explains it. But it is quicker to just give the name of the program that you want to run on the ssh command line.

yea, I do get it, but the thing is, I've got more then just xeyes to execute

 

[Ijack]

In that case I normally do:

ssh -X sol xterm

and then run anything else from there. It's all a matter of personal preference I guess.