[ale] openssh and $DISPLAY

Wandered Inn esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Sat Aug 12 20:39:08 EDT 2000


"Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> 
> A number of things like xv, xterm, and very rarely netscape.

Here's my call to nxterm from my primary machine (denali) to my work
machine (lhotse):

ssh -l gamyers gamyers /usr/X11R6/bin/nxterm -ls -sb -sl 200 -si -sk -bg
DarkSlateGray -fg OldLace -T lhotse -n lhotse -display denali:0

Same approach for Netscape.

> 
> Robert
> 
> Thus spake Wandered Inn (esoteric at denali.atlnet.com):
> 
> > "Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> > >
> > > Can OpenSSH be told to set the $DISPLAY variable "automatically" like
> > > the commercial ssh1 does?
> >
> > What is it that you're calling?  I use openssh to call things like
> > xterm.  Passing the arg to xterm itself works.
> >
> > >
> > > :wq!
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :
> > > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability
> > >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> > >                                 \_       that important!
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > >
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> > Until later: Geoffrey         esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> >
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> 
> :wq!
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :
> Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability
>   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
>                                 \_       that important!
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

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