[vox-tech] can't open display with ssh2
ME
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:08:59 -0800 (PST)
I dont want to sound cruel, or assume you have not checked these, but want
to offer these as a first stop in case you have not...
Check out the "sshd_config" file on the machine to which you are
connecting and the "ssh_config" file from the machine you are running the
ssh command.
check out man pages:
$ man sshd_config
$ man ssh_config
and examine options like UseLogin, X11Forwarding, X11UseLocalhost (in
sshd_config file) and ForwardX11 (in ssh_config).
I expect the problems you find are probably in config of one of these.
Certainly, I could try to answer with the "why" for eahc of these, but I
would just be copying and pasting stuff from these pages with side
comments.
If you have done these, and forced the ssh service on the end to re-read
its config (by restarting the service, or other means) then please let us
know so that we can provide other ideas...
HTH
-ME
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Campus IT(/OS Security): Operating Systems Support Specialist Assistant
Robin Snyder said:
> I'm unable to forward X despite the fact that I used the -X option with
> ssh and ForwardX11 is set to yes in ssh_config on the remote machine (on
> both machines, actually). I get the error message
>
> Error: Can't open display:
>
> which evidently means that ssh2 has failed to perform its usual magic in
> setting up the display. A wander through google has comforted me with
> the realization that I am not alone in having this problem, although it
> has not given me any answers. Any idea what's happening? I saw nothing
> obviously amiss in the output of ssh -v, but will append the output
> below in case others see problems I missed.
>
> - robin.
>
> OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL
> 0x0090603f debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will
> not be trusted. debug1: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
> debug1: Connecting to 169.237.66.192 [169.237.66.192] port 22.
> debug1: Connection established.
> debug1: identity file /home/robin/.ssh/identity type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/robin/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/robin/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
> debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
> OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian
> 1:3.4p1-1 pat OpenSSH*
> Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
> debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
> debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
> debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
> debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 138/256
> debug1: bits set: 1622/3191
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
> debug1: Host '169.237.66.192' is known and matches the RSA host key.
> debug1: Found key in /home/robin/.ssh/known_hosts:17
> debug1: bits set: 1531/3191
> debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
> debug1: kex_derive_keys
> debug1: newkeys: mode 1
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
> debug1: waiting for SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
> debug1: newkeys: mode 0
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
> debug1: done: ssh_kex2.
> debug1: send SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST
> debug1: service_accept: ssh-userauth
> debug1: got SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT
> debug1: authentications that can continue:
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: next auth method to try
> is publickey
> debug1: try privkey: /home/robin/.ssh/identity
> debug1: try privkey: /home/robin/.ssh/id_rsa
> debug1: try pubkey: /home/robin/.ssh/id_dsa
> debug1: authentications that can continue:
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: next auth method to try
> is keyboard-interactive
> debug1: authentications that can continue:
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: next auth method to try
> is password
> debug1: ssh-userauth2 successful: method password
> debug1: fd 5 setting O_NONBLOCK
> debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
> debug1: send channel open 0
> debug1: Entering interactive session.
> debug1: ssh_session2_setup: id 0
> debug1: channel request 0: pty-req
> debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
> debug1: channel request 0: x11-req
> debug1: channel request 0: shell
> debug1: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
> debug1: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
> Linux munin 2.4.17-k7 #2 Sat Dec 22 22:03:49 EST 2001 i686 unknown
>
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> Last login: Wed Feb 5 09:37:37 2003 from dcn243-52.dcn.davis.ca.us
> [4mmunin [24m: [1m~ [0m>
> [4mmunin [24m: [1m~ [0m> xclock
> Error: Can't open display:
> [4mmunin [24m: [1m~ [0m> byedebug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0
> rtype exit-status reply 0
>
> debug1: channel 0: rcvd eof
> debug1: channel 0: output open -> drain
> debug1: channel 0: obuf empty
> debug1: channel 0: close_write
> debug1: channel 0: output drain -> closed
> debug1: channel 0: rcvd close
> debug1: channel 0: close_read
> debug1: channel 0: input open -> closed
> debug1: channel 0: almost dead
> debug1: channel 0: gc: notify user
> debug1: channel 0: gc: user detached
> debug1: channel 0: send close
> debug1: channel 0: is dead
> debug1: channel 0: garbage collecting
> debug1: channel_free: channel 0: client-session, nchannels 1
> debug1: fd 1 clearing O_NONBLOCK
> Connection to 169.237.66.192 closed.
> debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 38 bytes in 17.3 seconds
> debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 2.2
> debug1: Exit status 0
>
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