[Info-vax] The Student System

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 11/3/2023 9:10 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-11-02, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> On 2023-11-02 19:18, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know if you are still a xhost type person, but these days,
>>> I use "ssh -X" exclusively when running X11 over the network.
>>>
>>> I have no need to run X11 where VMS is involved however, so I don't
>>> know if there are any VMS-specific problems with that approach.
>>
>> You mean apart from the fact that it don't work? ;-)
>> This was discussed in a thread not long ago in this group (I think). I
>> know it was discussed somewhere at least. The problem is that the ssh
>> server in VMS don't know about such options, and don't hook up with X.
>>
> 
> Yuck. :-( That I was not aware of and that's rather poor if you are correct.
> 
> Is it just UCX that doesn't work or is Multinet also lacking this support ?

The VMS port by VSI of OpenSSH does not yet support X port forwarding.

It's coming soon.

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		-- Rob