Re: Redirecting X from a remote host

[John covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>]

 I am trying to do the ssh thing -- first of all I thought the option
 was -Y -- as I read in the ssh manual, or should I not do that?    I
 have an Xauthority file on the remote system which was made from an
 xauth generate on the Cygwin system.
 
 When I did that once it worked, but now it says whenever I run
 something -- connection refused by server -- invalid magic cookie data
 (words to that effect).
 
 Any help would be appreciated.
 
 on Wednesday 05/24/2006 Mark(mark@ellandroad.demon.co.uk) wrote
  > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:31:36AM -0600, Ed wrote:
  > > I need to redirect an X application on a Debian box to run on another
  > > system running cygwin X.
  > > 
  > > I managed to start X on the cygwin machine.
  > > I telneted to the remote Debian box.
  > > Now I want to invoke an application and have it displayed on my cygwin
  > > X (client?)
  > > 
  > > On the debian box I know I need to do something like
  > > xhost +192.168.2.50 (the cygwin machine)
  > > set DISPLAY=192.168.2.50:0.0
  > > 
  > > I'm not quite getting it. Can someone set me straight?
  > > 
  > 
  > A much better method is to use ssh with the -X option.  You need to make
  > sure that the ssh on the debian box is set up to allow X forwarding
  > (check the /etc/ conf files for ssh).  Then just do:
  > 
  > ssh -l your_user_name -X debian.box
  > 
  > You'll have to enter your password, then just start up the application
  > as you would normally, and it'll display on the cygwin box.
  > 
  > There is a ssh option to compress, which could be useful if you have
  > powerful boxes and a low-speed link between them.
  > 
  > You should avoid the xhost method unless you're 110% sure that you
  > cannot be hacked.
  > 
  > -- 
  > Mark Kent
  > 
  > 
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Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
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