Re: ssh + X11

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 12:20:37PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:17:06 +0700, 
> Oki DZ <okidz@pindad.com> wrote in message 
> <[🔎] 20030918071706.GL6823@pindad.com>:
> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 07:53:27AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > > ..next time, 'ssh -X rvr@vtr.net'.
> > 
> > I believe that the config of the ssh server should be set to "forward 
> > X".
> 
> ..."=yes", and it can be overridden with -X, is how it works here.  ;-)

If the server has 'X11Forwarding no', which is the default, then nothing
you do to the client, -X or no -X, will let you forward X11 traffic. You
need to configure the server with 'X11Forwarding yes'.

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]