ssh -X (-Y) not working

[Aldo Foot]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Karl Pearson <karlp at ourldsfamily.com> wrote:
>> On the ssh client:
>> $ xhost +<sshServer>
>
> No joy. echo $DISPLAY still shows a blank line.
>
>>
>> ~af
>>
>> P.S. Trim your replies a bit for legibility.

For troubleshooting purposes try setting the display on the
ssh server to point to the remote client.
remote is the FQDN or IP of the remote system.
           C-SHELL   server% setenv DISPLAY remoteClient:0
           BOURNE   server$ export DISPLAY=remoteClient:0
Then test by starting an X-Client on the server.

Note that using setenv to set the display neglects ssh security.
~af