Re: how ssh implements X forwarding

[Joao Ferreira Gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 20:27 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 03/10/11 20:12, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I was wondering exactly how X11 forwarding is implemented on an ssh
> > tunnel...
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#Network
> 
> > 
> > can anyone point me to some hands-on/tutorial information on this, and
> > maybe other useful practical cases using ssh ?
> > 
> > thanks
> > Joao
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> A "general" tutorial is unlikely to be useful to you (or you'd figure
> out your answers from "man X"). :-)
> 
> I suspect you'll find a more specific tutorial helpful.
> 
> What Display Manager are you running?
> eg. xdm, gdm, kdm etc.
> 
> Hint: look in /etc/init.d
> 
> What release of Debian are you running?

Hi,

I'm using gdm on wheezy.

Yes, the manual is a good starting point. I was just wondering how much
can I get from ssh... it's such an incredible tool...

cheers
Joao

> 
> Cheers
> 
>