I've had GREAT success with VirtualBox installed and an Ubuntu VM in it. I do
ALL my ssh terminals - with and without -X - in it. MUCH simpler and better
than puTTY and WinSCP. Now using VB + Ubuntu on my new MacBook. I'm a MacMoron,
1st one, but VB + Ubu LET' ME WORK NORMALLY. Don't try to make Winders
Linux-friendly, it's NOT. VB allows you all the pluses of a VM - adjustability,
tweaking, snapshots (to fall back to) without the limitations of Winders, or
MacOS for that matter. I've used this combo for over 10 yrs on at least 8 PCs
with total satisfaction.
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Rich J <rich242j@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:12:10 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [External] X-Windows Over VPN Issues
Hey Scott,
I've had this issue for years because our AIX boxes (that run Oracle) have all
generic accounts locked out. So, out of the box, I can't use any of Oracle's
GUIs.
So, to run any Oracle GUI, I need to:
1) Have a local X-Windows server/display.
2) Enable access on the local X server (listening for access and xhost
authorization).
3) Enable X11 forwarding on whatever SSH terminal you're using.
4) Use magic cookie for X11 authentication.
5) Make sure the sshd allows "X11Forwarding yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on
the remote server.
I use Cygwin-X for my local X server and PuTTY/KiTTY for SSH.
On starting Cygwin-X with the the "--listen tcp" parameter for startxwin, I
launch an X-term and allow the remote display with "xhost +hostname" where
"hostname" is your remote SSH server. One can also open this wide for any
remote servers by using "xhost +", but that's not recommended, except for maybe
troubleshooting.
Fire up the SSH client, making sure that forwarding of X11 is enabled and it's
using MIT Magic Cookies, and login to the remote server. If all of the above
conditions are met, you should be able to open an X-windows GUI back to your
X-server.
If you're like me and need to "su - oracle" to get anything Oracle done, then
your $DISPLAY variable is now empty and will not be able to work -- yet.
Before the "su -", do an "echo $DISPLAY", then "xauth list". Now you can "su
- oracle" and set the DISPLAY variable to what it was on the prior login (e.g.
"localhost:10.0"). Finally, "xauth add [line from xauth list above]", where
the last parameter is the line from "xauth list" that has the matching key to
your DISPLAY. For example, if your DISPLAY is "localhost:10.0", look for an
xauth output of "servername/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 blahblahblahblah".
This is a very messy email, but hope it makes a little bit of sense or at least
fills in what pieces your might need. GL!
Rich
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 1:35 PM Scott Canaan
<srcdco@xxxxxxx<mailto:srcdco@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
I did check the enable x11 forwarding in SecureCRT. There isn’t any place to
set the authority.
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From: Jeffrey Beckstrom <jbeckstrom@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbeckstrom@xxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:21 PM
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Scott Canaan <srcdco@xxxxxxx<mailto:srcdco@xxxxxxx>>
Subject: Re: [External] X-Windows Over VPN Issues
I don;t know about xming, but with putty and cygwin I had to do:
1. Putty
a. Under default settings, go to connection / ssh /x11. Enable X11 and set
authority to C:\cygwin64\home\xxxxxxxx\.Xauthority
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