Xprint support in OpenSSH?
David Schweiger
dvschweiger at web.de
Wed Jun 16 15:41:37 EST 2004
Damien Miller wrote:
> 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.
You do only have to forward the ports if I interpret
http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#manual_xprint_forwarding_via_ssh
correctly.
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