"-X" capitalize it. -----Original Message----- From: listbounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:listbounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amit Dor-Shifer Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:56 AM To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Getting rid of "Cannot open display" message Hi all. I'm using ssh to execute a command on a server. When the remote server has an X server running, I get a/m message written to standard error. amit0 ~ # ssh localhost echo bla Cannot open display "default display" Cannot open display "default display" bla Appending the '-x' parameter, as suggested, doesn't seem to help: amit0 ~ # ssh -x localhost echo bla Cannot open display "default display" Cannot open display "default display" bla I want to disable whatever's causing this message. I don't need X running over the connection. How do I get rid of this message? ssh version: amit0 ~ # ssh -V OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009 10x, Amit