[SHR] X forwarding: export DISPLAY?

[Sebastian Krzyszkowiak]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:35, W. B. Kranendonk <wankelwankel at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- On Wed, 8/18/10, Niels Heyvaert <nielsheyvaert at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> This looks like a pretty comprehensive how-to.
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>> Anyone documenting this on the Wiki?
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> I benefited most of the conversation, so I had a look on the wiki and searched for "ssh $DISPLAY forward", which gave some 40 (not always relevant) results; the $ and capitals are not taken in account. "ssh $DISPLAY X11 forwarding" narrowed it down to 9 results, still no useful page to update.
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> Since disabling X11 forwarding in the default sshd config seems SHR specific, I had a look in the SHR manual.
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> I'd put it under networking, but the networking chapter is divided into media: USB/Wifi/GPRS (and Bluetooth seperately).
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> Would it be useful to have a chapter deamons defaults? Having just "SSH" in the middle is not in line with the structure of the manual.
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> I had a look at the USB-networking page, but the "issue" is not specific to USB networking.
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> A seperate page might lack context, so.... Any suggestions?
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> Boudewijn

Maybe we should enable it by default? Are there any disadventages?

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Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
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