SSH X display hopping

From: Ben Rockwood (benr@cuddletech.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 16:41:40 EST


Is anyone aware of a method to do display hopping thru multiple systems?
Here's the situation: from my home I can SSH to one of my Solaris systems
running SSH via a virtual IP and some firewall rules that only allow SSH
access to that system, which saves me from having to use a VPN client.
For most operations this is fine, but once in a great while (usually with
NetBackup) I'd really love to pull up a GUI. With X forwarding on my
system that is connected to the public net, this isn't a problem, but if I
want to work on a system inside the network, I have to SSH to my net
connected system, and then from there SSH/telnet to one of the protected
machines inside. I'm not sure how to keep passing the display thru my
hops.
Has anyone done this?

benr.

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