When trying to run firefox via SSH, error received "Error: no display specified"
Issue
When trying to run a "firefox &" command over SSH, the error "error: no display specified" is given, even when passing a if the -X or -Y options are passed.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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