Xprint support in OpenSSH?

[Damien Miller]

David Schweiger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does OpenSSH have any plans yet to extend the existing X11 forwarding
> support to include Xprint  - the XOrg standard for printing?
> Documentation can be found at http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/
> 
> The only change required to have Xprint support is to forward the X
> print server connection referenced by the XPSERVERLIST environment
> variable similar to the video display server referenced by the
> DISPLAY environment variable.

We don't have any plans to support this at present - IIRC the protocol
only allows forwarding of a single X channel.

There was some discussion on the ietf-ssh at netbsd.org mailing list back
in April on the issue of multiple X forwardings, but it seems to have
fizzled out without producing a complete spec.

-d