Re: Openssh 3.9p1: ControlPath children can't run X windows applications (or change user)

Good morning, Pete, all,

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Pete Toscano wrote:

> There were some changes in Openssh going from FC2 to FC3.  Have you
> tried the "-Y" option as mentioned in the FC3 Release Notes?  This bit
> me a month-or-so ago.

	Thanks so much for mentioning that; I had found that issue a while 
back too.
	In this case I'm using the config file equivalent of "-Y" 
(ForwardX11Trusted yes) just to remove the possibility of that being the 
problem.

> William Stearns wrote:
> |     I'm running OpenSSH 3.9p1-7 from Fedora core 3.  I just started
> | using ControlPath - very nice!
> |     While I can successfully run X windows applications in the
> | ControlMaster window, I can't run those same applications in the any of
> | the ssh sessions that run inside the Master.  For this experiment, I have
> | "ForwardX11Trusted yes" in the "Host *" section of ~/.ssh/config :
[snip]

        Cheers,
        - Bill

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