Subject: Re: Remote X through firewall?
From: Sy Bensky (subensky@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 12:35:43 MST
Isn't the DISPLAY variable set as
DISPLAY=remote-machine:display-number-on-the-remote-machine
Sy Bensky
--- Philip Good <phil@go2taichi.com> wrote:
> I still cannot get an remote X session working from
> my work machine to my home machine: xhost +, ssh to
> home, export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, xterm. The
> last comand teims out after about five minutes
> saying it cannot open DISPLAY.
>
> I'm thinking my remote X problems are because I am
> ssh-ing out of my workplace through a firewall. I
> can ssh out directly to my home machine from work
> but in order to ssh from home to work I need to go
> through first an external server (wormhole.xxx.com),
> then ssh to my work box (mylocalhost). I'm
> suspecting when I ssh out to my home machine that I
> am not correctly setting the DISPLAY to get back to
> my work display through the firewall.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how to set the
> DISPLAY to get to my work machine through a
> firewall, i.e. 'wormhole.xxx.com' then to
> 'mylocalhost'?
>
> Thanks
> Phil
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