the remote problem with cygwin/x

[Casey Smith]

sun wrote:

> 
> hello, everyone,
> 
> I am using cygwin in the windows system.
> When I connect to a remote MAC machine,
> I want the gui window displayed on my side of cygwin.
> I start the xwin with 'startxwin.bat', then
> 
> ssh -Y -l 'name' 'address'
> 
> it can ssh to it succesfully, but the xterm& is failed and
> 
> 'can't open display'
> 
> Please help me!
> 
> sun

Macs have X11 forwarding disabled by default.

Edit /etc/sshd_config with your favorite editor (you'll need to sudo to get
write privileges).
Change
#X11Forwarding no
to 
X11Forwarding yes

Restart sshd on your Mac: System Preferences -> Sharing.  Stop Remote Login
then Start it again.

That worked for me.


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