ssh -X into OpenMediaVault

rkrug · Jun 17th 2016

Hi

I installed gparted on openmediavault in the hope that I can ```ssh -X``` into the OMV to do some disk partitioning. But gparted tells me that it can't open the display. I was able to do the same in the same computer running Ubuntu before I installed OMV.

My client is OS X (El Capitan).
Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Rainer

ryecoaaron · Jun 17th 2016

Did you install xauth? You could install the remotedesktop plugin and use the remote desktop client to execute gparted.

subzero79 · Jun 17th 2016

It works for me in Jessie, do you have XQuartz installed ?

Also i think you need to login straight as root, not as normal user.

wyild1 · Jun 20th 2016

Ryecoaaron is correct. You need to do the xauth after logging in. This should work for you (just used gparted this weekend)

ssh -X into the server
type "xauth list" to get the list of keys
sudo su - to change to root
type "xauth add" and the key from the previous command to add it to the list
enjoy your xsession

Cheers!

rkrug · Jun 22nd 2016

Thanks - missing xauth was the problem.

The remotedesktop plugin sounds interesting - I will look into it.

Thanks,

Rainer

rkrug · Jun 22nd 2016

This is solved - but how can I mark it as Solved?

ryecoaaron · Jun 22nd 2016

Edit Thread -> More Options -> Change the other label to Resolved.

rkrug · Jun 22nd 2016

Thanks

Rainer

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