My ssh X11 forwarding problem

From: JV (jv711@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jun 21 2006 - 22:43:51 EDT


I'm trying to trick jnbSA to run over the WAN. I don't care how slow,
just please work because otherwise I have to travel 80 miles to fix
something in a remote data center. Regular admin has gone on holiday to
Chile.

Box A = Sun Solaris box running SSH Tectia Client 4.3.2 Build: 12
Box B = Windows XP box running SSH Tectia Client 4.3.2 Build: 12
Box C = Red Hat Linux Box running OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols
1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090701f
Box D = Sun Solaris box running Sun OpenSSH Version Sun_SSH_1.0,
protocol versions 1.5/2.0.

I can ssh with X11 forwarding from Box A to Box B to Box C.
My display is set to something like "localhost:12.0" on Box C.
I can run "xterm" and see an X-window pop up in my face (success).

However if I then ssh to Box D with

ssh -A -X -g -v root@solaris9box ; OR
ssh -X root@solaris9box

I cannot get the X application to forward to my ssh tunnel. I suspect
the interoperability between Linux and Solaris, or I am just daft.
There is a VPN between Box B and C, otherwise I would omit one of the
links in this chain, but I can't due to VPN/IP restrictions.
Can anybody who has done something similar give me some pointers? I
promise to summarize for the list.

[root@linuxboxC]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 3.7 (Final)

Thanks
JV711
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