[ale] openssh and $DISPLAY

[Wandered Inn]

Thompson Freeman wrote:
> 
> Unless I'm sadly mistaken, I'm using openssh under RH6.2, and the DISPLAY
> variable gets set very nicely.

Care to share the specifics?

> 
> On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> > Thus spake Joe Knapka (jknapka at earthlink.net):
> >
> > > Wandered Inn wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "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
> > >
> > > The problem with this is that, while the initial command to start the
> > > nxterm will be encrypted by ssh, the X packets between lhotse and
> > > denali will not, and thus are open to sniffing.
> > >
> > > SSH provides an automatic mechanism to securely forward an X
> > > session between the server and the client; older versions of
> > > SSH automatically set the DISPLAY variable to point to the
> > > forwarded port. That's what you meant, right, Robert?
> > >
> >
> > Exactly.  Tunneling the Display through the tunnel.  Can OpenSSH
> > do this?
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > :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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