look into your ~/.profile and /etc/profile. You might be running an X client. On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Amit Dor-Shifer <amitds@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > -- And, did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? -Centauri