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Re: X connection



on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 07:12:21PM -0600, aoki@aokiconsulting.com (aoki@aokiconsulting.com) wrote:
> I know xhost and xauth to get X connected from remote site. xhost 
> is insecure and xauth is complicated.  I see ssh has portforwarding 
> (-X) for X.  Can anyone pont me to how to do remote connection
> using ssh.

Client side:

  $ ssh -X host

Note that syntax has changed.  Older clients may use a '+/-x' syntax.
Check your system.

On the server side, you have to enable X11 forwarding.  This may be
disabled by default.  See /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

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