Re: Running a remote graphic program

[David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net>]

On 1/27/06, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> *) instead tunnel everything through ssh
>    i turn that on by default for my ssh server:
>
>    $ grep X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>    X11Forwarding yes
>    (restart the server for this to take affect,
>     /etc/init.d/ssh restart)
>
>    and for the client:
>
>    $ grep ForwardX11 /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>    ForwardX11 yes
>    ForwardX11Trusted yes
>
> *) or use xauth

I haven't tried ForwardX11Trusted yet, but I have noticed that you
need xauth installed on the remote server for ForwardX11 to work. That
was a real tricky problem to track down.