On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:11:14AM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 16:00 -0500, Wojciech Komornicki wrote: > > Your suggestion works to run an application using ssh, i.e., the > > following works from dark.unix > > ssh -X light.unix app-name > > Good! > > > However, I cannot log into light.unix and then run an application which > > opens up on dark.unix > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. > > Are you saying that the reverse process doesn't work, i.e. from > light.unix, "ssh -X dark.unix app-name" does not work? > > Or do you mean that you're trying to start an app on dark.unix from > light.unix, with the intention that it displays on dark.unix's display? > (why?) > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > He is saying that when he is on dark.unix and logs into light.unix (ssh -X light.unix), he can't run an application on light.unix and have it display on dark.unix. Note that logging in and then running an application is different from doing it all at once like his example. [this works] ssh -X light.unix app-name [this doesn't work] ssh -X light.unix app-name -- Jim Kaufman Linux Evangelist public key 0x6D802619, CISSP# 65668
