On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 03:25:20PM +0100, Landry Breuil wrote:
> Le Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 02:00:36PM +0000, Matthieu Herrb a écrit :
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 01:44:07PM +0000, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 06:44:08PM +0100, Landry Breuil wrote:
> > > > Le Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 12:18:34PM +0100, Landry Breuil a écrit :
> > > > > hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > $waypipe -s /tmp/socket-local client
> > > > > 
> > > > > in a term and
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ssh -R /tmp/socket-remote:/tmp/socket-local -t localhost env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/run/1000 waypipe -s /tmp/socket-remote server -- foot
> > > > > 
> > > > > in another correctly spawns a foot window in the running wayland/sway version.
> > > > 
> > > > Two years later, same spot, but updated to the latest upstream, in the
> > > > meantime it's been rewritten in rust but the C version is still
> > > > available, so let's stick to it for now.
> > > > 
> > > > we're soon getting proper XDG_RUNTIME_DIR support, but with
> > > > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/home/landry/.local/run/ in ~/.ssh/environment
> > > > i've been able to 'waypipe ssh localhost foot' (sorry, only have one
> > > > wayland-enabled laptop right now..) and the new wayland client is
> > > > properly displayed over ssh.
> > > > 
> > > > more testing welcome.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > when you run "ssh host command", setusercontext() is not called. So you
> > > need to setup the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in .ssh/environment (and set
> > > PermitUserEnvironment yes in sshd_config...)  anyways. Unless
> > > I'm missing an option to cause 'command' to be executed in a login
> > > shell with ssh.
> > 
> > I sent the mail a bit fast. Wanted to add that with the above handled,
> > I can run firefox remotely over waypipe, and even play videos, with
> > the fun fact that of course the audio still goes to the remote
> > machine.
> > 
> > xfce-terminal, swayimg and foot also work.
> 
> nice, thanks for testing :)
> 
> so, how about this pkg/MESSAGE? (yeah, i've used the upcoming value for
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR)
> 
> $cat pkg/MESSAGE
> To transparently use waypipe, it is necessary to, on the remote machine:
> 
> - add XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/run/user/<uid> to ~/.ssh/environment
> - add PermitUserEnvironment XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to /etc/ssh/sshd_config


ok with me, unless there's a way to trigger a real login on the remote
machine to run the desired command that we're missing.

-- 
Matthieu Herrb