[Xprint] Re: Forwarding XPrint server connections via ssh?

[Sebastien]

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 12:20:58 +1000, Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> wrote:
> Sebastien wrote:
> > Do you mean http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#manual_xprint_forwarding_via_ssh?
> > Thats ugly manual hackery ;-(
> 
> So set "AcceptEnv XPSERVERLIST" in sshd_config, set XPSERVERLIST to
> "localhost:whatever" and put "SendEnv XPSERVERLIST" into $HOME/.ssh_config.
That requires access to the remote systems sshd which I do not always have.

> >>I doubt it.  It's more a matter of whether or not it belongs.
> >
> > You have X11 forwarding. And XPrint is X11, too.
> 
>  From what I can tell (from a brief read, I didn't investigate
> thoroughly) there's significant differences in the way they work.
> 
> * DISPLAY can only point to one port whereas xprint can point to many
Why is that a problem? You forward multiple channels then - or not?

> * xprint has no equivalent mechanism to xauth (which is crucial in the
> way ssh's X forwarding works).
I doubt that - the XPrint documentation says that 'Xprt is just
another Xserver'.
I CC.ed the XPrint list - maybe the gurus there can help with that.

-- sebastien