'ssh -X' not working

[john163]

I can't actually get X sessions forwarded. /etc/ssh/sshd_config does have


X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10


ssh does seem to be working:


debug1: Remote: /home/joliver/.ssh/authorized_keys:1: key options: agent-forwarding port-forwarding pty user-rc x11-forwarding
debug1: Remote: /home/joliver/.ssh/authorized_keys:1: key options: agent-forwarding port-forwarding pty user-rc x11-forwarding
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.


but DISPLAY is still localhost:10.0


What do I need to do to get X forwarded?

[ActionParsnip]

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=202098
May help

[ActionParsnip]

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/x...machine.88672/

[john163]

So this is weird... when I connect, firefox and another application that I care about are launched on the remote host, but xclock is launched on the local host!

[john163]

debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: pledge: exec
debug1: client_input_global_request: rtype hostkeys-00@openssh.com want_reply 0
debug1: client_input_hostkeys: searching /home/joliver/.ssh/known_hosts for 192.168.0.32 / (none)
debug1: client_input_hostkeys: searching /home/joliver/.ssh/known_hosts2 for 192.168.0.32 / (none)
debug1: client_input_hostkeys: hostkeys file /home/joliver/.ssh/known_hosts2 does not exist
debug1: client_input_hostkeys: host key found matching a different name/address, skipping UserKnownHostsFile update
debug1: Remote: /home/joliver/.ssh/authorized_keys:1: key options: agent-forwarding port-forwarding pty user-rc x11-forwarding
debug1: Remote: /home/joliver/.ssh/authorized_keys:1: key options: agent-forwarding port-forwarding pty user-rc x11-forwarding
debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback start
debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/bin/xauth list :0 2>/dev/null
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
debug2: channel 0: request x11-req confirm 1
debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: channel 0: setting env LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1
debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: X11 forwarding request accepted on channel 0
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: PTY allocation request accepted on channel 0
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-119-generic x86_64)

[john163]

joliver@blinky:~$ firefox &
[1] 188881
joliver@blinky:~$ debug1: client_input_channel_open: ctype x11 rchan 3 win 65536 max 16384
debug1: client_request_x11: request from 127.0.0.1 46020
debug2: fd 7 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: channel 1: new [x11]
debug1: confirm x11
debug2: channel 1: rcvd eof
debug2: channel 1: output open -> drain
debug2: channel 1: obuf empty
debug2: chan_shutdown_write: channel 1: (i0 o1 sock 7 wfd 7 efd -1 [closed])
debug2: channel 1: output drain -> closed
debug1: channel 1: FORCE input drain
debug2: channel 1: ibuf empty
debug2: channel 1: send eof
debug2: channel 1: input drain -> closed
debug2: channel 1: send close
debug2: channel 1: rcvd close
debug2: channel 1: is dead
debug2: channel 1: garbage collecting
debug1: channel 1: free: x11, nchannels 2

[john163]

That results in the firefox window opening locally on the remote host.

But...

joliver@blinky:~$ xclock &
[1] 188961
joliver@blinky:~$ debug1: client_input_channel_open: ctype x11 rchan 3 win 65536 max 16384
debug1: client_request_x11: request from 127.0.0.1 49278
debug2: fd 7 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: channel 1: new [x11]
debug1: confirm x11

results in xclock opening locally on the host I'm initiating the connection from.

[ActionParsnip]

Does the client system not have a Web browser installed? Why launch Firefox using X forwarding?

[john163]

Does the client system not have a Web browser installed? Why launch Firefox using X forwarding?

Because I want to use Firefox on the remote machine on this local machine, so I don't have to switch between the two.

[ActionParsnip]

Because I want to use Firefox on the remote machine on this local machine, so I don't have to switch between the two.

Oh. I mean you could set up an SSH tunnel then set the proxy in the local browser to go through the tunnel then out to the network / Internet from there. Is that the desired goal here?