Solaris

Hi,

I need help with operating exceed from a local computer to a solaris machine using putty.
putty - version 60
Hummingbird Xserver for win 32 version 7.1.0.0
Communication mode is set to 'passive' in exceed

Following are the steps that I followedI get the errror as follows
Error: Can't open display: 10.28.15.88:0.0

exceed.log does not have any information

Following are the entries in the sshd_config file (/etc/ssh)
# X11 tunneling options
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes

Your inputs are much appreciated

Thanks,

Im not sure you have to set the DISPLAY variable, for I believe it will be done by ssh...
And you would inherit of something like <localhost:12.0> but for that I cant help you more I dont use exceed ( use Reflection X... but works in same way I suppose...).
I wouls start by using exceed only in order to test you do have X working properly before to figure out how to do the same from putty

The remote sshd should automatically set the DISPLAY variable, usually to a localhost type value, for example localhost:10. echo the $DISPLAY on the remote host, and then "netstat -a" to check something is listening on that socket. Also make sure you use the correct X security (xhost/xauth)

#DISPLAY=*.*.*.*:0.0 ; export DISPLAY

put IP address of your machine from which ur working....i.e. on which putty is running...

Im pretty sure that wont work. The ssh tunnel is created at the remote host end, and so pointing the DISPLAY value at the "putty" machine end wont be using the ssh tunnel.

Please check if X11Forwarding is set to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the remote machine. If this is set, then your DISPLAY variable should automatically be set to something like localhost:10.0.

In Putty you have to make sure, that X11 forwarding is checked in Connection>SSH>X11 for the session.

@citaylor: snchaudhari2 is correct, you export DISPLAY=<ip_address_of_the_workstation> you are using PuTTy on. I have used Exceed at work for the last 3 years and that is how we do it without any issues.

Here is how we do it:

1. Start Exceed
2. ssh to solaris server
3. export DISPLAY variable to <IP of desktop PC>:0
4. run X application e.g. Netbackup Admin console

Not certain you need to make sure that 'Enable X11 forwarding' is enabled in Putty. I have just checked multiple sshd_config files and X11Forwarding is set to no on some and yes on others.

You also need to make sure that in 'Communication' the 'Display Number' is set to the same as you export e.g. :0

A simple test just proved that by changing it to 2 in Exceed then X app not starting, exporting :2 in solaris then X app starting

Just my two cents worth.