topic SSH and firefox in Operating System - HP-UX

SSH and firefox

sumdomo — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:50:07 GMT

Hi,
I want to ssh to HPUX server from a solaris 10 workstation, then launch the firefox remotely as the following command:
/opt/firefox/firefox -remote 'OpenURL(http://www.google.com,new-tab)'
If I login as root, firefox did fire up from the workstation, but if I login as non-root user, error come up as: Error: No running window found

Do anyone has any suggestion for how to make this work as non-root user?

many thanks in advance.

Re: SSH and firefox

Steven Schweda — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:57:11 GMT

> [...] HPUX server [...]

uname -a

> [...] solaris 10 workstation [...]

uname -a

> If I login as root, [...]

How, exactly?

As usual, showing actual commands with their
actual output can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.

Most SSH implementations have various options
which affect X Window behavior. With my weak
psychic powers, I can't see which one(s) you
might be using.

> [...] but if I login as non-root user [...]

Have you looked at the differences between
the shell start-up files ("~/.profile", ...)
for these users?

echo $DISPLAY

Re: SSH and firefox

Steven Schweda — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:59:26 GMT

> [...] firefox [...]

Have you tried other programs, like, say,
"xclock"?