[lug] auto set DISPLAY variable from ssh login?

[James Borley]

X11 forwarding is usually turned off by default.  Use the following when 
you need it:
ssh -X <hostname>

D. Stimits wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a way to automate setting of DISPLAY 
> based on the remote IP of an ssh text login? And better yet, to do so 
> only for certain IP addresses?
>
> Unrelated DHCP stuff:
> On the issue I'd asked about a while back for dhcp plus static alias, 
> it turned out that making DHCP the main device solved it. I may have 
> had something else incorrect, so I'm not certain that static as the 
> main eth0 and dhcp as eth0:1 will not work, but it certain seems to be 
> more of a hassle.
>
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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