Doh! Feel like a dunce. xauth was not installed on the server. Works
like a champ now.
Sincerely,
Doug Tucker
On 12/20/2012 03:17 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
On 12/20/2012 02:04 PM, Doug Tucker wrote:
> I got it installed with the epel. Thanks to Rich for that! Doing an
> ldapsearch on the base works, yea! I cannot launch the console
> though. When I try I get this:
>
> /usr/bin/389-console -a
http://localhost:9830
> Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException:
> No X11 DISPLAY variable was set, but this program performed an
> operation which requires it.
> at
> java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:173)
> at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:477)
> at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:419)
> at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:384)
> at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:174)
> at com.netscape.management.client.console.Console.<init>(Unknown
> Source)
> at com.netscape.management.client.console.Console.main(Unknown
> Source)
>
> Googling reveals people not passing X through their ssh session. I
> am by ssh -X hostname. I have tried from 2 different X clients and
> get the same results. Any ideas?
>
It has always been problematic trying to get console to work through ssh.
Try installing the 389-console on your local workstation - yum install
389-console - and use the console to talk to the remote server.