cygwin as X client

[Harold L Hunt II]

Hong,

You have to edit your sshd_config file and add the following line, then 
restart sshd:

X11Forwarding yes


X11 forwarding is disabled by default.

Harold

HZhou@lbl.gov wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Now I am on trip, the computer in my offcie is cygwin/win2000. I opened the ssh and apache server.
> The computer I used now is a linux system. I sshed to
> my cygwin and want to use xterm. But it gave the error
> information
>    xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
> But I can use xterm on cygwin locally. 
> I sshed with the parameter -X,
> and I browsered the mail archives, I didn't find help
> for me.
> I only wanted to use the Xapplication and I should be
> able to do so for I can use it locally. What is going
> wrong?
> 
> Your kind help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> Hong
>