aha... ok.. think i've got a partial solution. as root xhost + --not exactly sure what this does -- need to reseach, but it appears to allow other users/processes access to the x env.. (this explanation is prob waaaaay wrong!!) login as user foo su - foo do a 'firefox -p -no-remote" -create a "new" profile to use as user foo, check the box to use this when firing up firefox -save from the cmdline do "export DISPLAY=:0" you can now from a term for user foo... simply do firefox & and it should display Need to check the bashrc (or whatever gets used at startup) to have this done each time ssh is used/foo is logged in.. On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 6:29 AM, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There are many pages on SSH X forwarding. I'd suggest a quick Google to find > them. > > However, very quickly, you need to ensure that you have > > X11Forwarding yes > > in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the remote box > > Be aware though that Firefox seems to try to be clever. I use this technique > from home to access intranet web sites by first making an inbound SSH > connection. However, if I already have Firefox running locally, then try to > start a remote Firefox via the SSH connection, it seems to want to action it > via the local Firefox instance > > On Wednesday 19 October 2016 11:23:32 bruce wrote: >> Hi. >> >> This is a "continuation" of the issue of starting firefox for a diff >> user on a box. >> >> If one logs into (SSH) into a remote box, and wants to start firefox >> on the remote machine, such that all firefox operations occur on the >> remote machine.. >> >> Different sites suggest setting the DISPLAY var, as well as xauth, >> etc.. none of which seem to work. >> >> The local/remote are both centos/fed. >> >> The goal: >> To be able to SSH into a remote box, and run a py script that >> initiates a py/selenium binding/process to use firefox. >> -This requires that the remote box be able to start/run firefox >> for the user that the SSH session was started as/under. >> >> The SSH/Firefox issue: >> -How to SSH into the box, and start firefox? >> >> (Already set up the keys, to allow ssh into the box vai ssh 192.168.1.4) >> >> Tried: >> ssh 192.168.1.4 >> foo@box1# DISPLAY=0: firefox >> ---ERROR: cannot open display: 0: >> >> >> foo@box1# export DISPLAY=0: >> foo@box1# firefox >> ---No protocol specified >> ---ERROR: cannot open display: 0: >> >> This has to be simple! >> >> Any thoughts?? >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > Gary Stainburn > Group I.T. Manager > Ringways Garages > http://www.ringways.co.uk _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
