On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Ron Yorston wrote: > Tony Schreiner <schreian at bc.edu> wrote: >> Now, when using >> X11UseLocalhost no >> >> no X applications work >> >> ssh myserver >> # echo $DISPLAY >> myserver.fqdn:10.0 >> # xdpyinfo >> xdpyinfo: unable to open display "myserver.fqdn:10.0". > > It appears that in FC4 setting 'X11UseLocalhost no' causes sshd to > listen > for X connections only on the IPV6 port: > > $ netstat -ant | grep 6010 > tcp 0 0 ::: > 6010 :::* LISTEN > > I'd say this was a bug, and indeed there is such a report in the > openssh > bugzilla, but it's supposed to have been fixed years ago. I've tried > forcing sshd to use IPV4 only (with the -4 flag) but that just gets me > back into the land of X authentication failures. > > Ron One more addendum If X11UseLocalhost no is required for the application It can be made to work with ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 X11UseLocalhost no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config but also, set OPTIONS=-4 in /etc/sysconfig/sshd then restart sshd I remember this was a bug that developed in OpenSSH for Solaris, and I don't know if it was ever fixed there either. Tony Schreiner