Re: Run firefox across ssh?

[Peter Skensved]

> Hi there,
> > I tried this:
> >
> > ssh -Y mac_ip
> >
> > export DISPLAY=:0
> >
> > $ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox
> >
> > But no joy
> >
> > Thoughts? Is this possible?
>
> No idea about the Mac, but the same thing on a Linux box instead of the Mac 
> works just with
>
> local$ ssh -X remote_linux_box
> remote$ firefox
>
> I'm not sure anymore about doing something with DISPLAY, on either end...
> It just works.
>
> Stay safe.
>
> Iosif Fettich

This work from Linux box to Linux box . Not sure about Macs :

local> ssh -Y remote-ip

remote> firefox -no-remote

Note the -no-remote .  It forces requests to come from the remote box rather
than the local one ( which is the default )

peter

Run firefox across ssh?

[Samuel Sieb]

On 4/30/20 3:06 PM, Peter Skensved wrote:
> local> ssh -Y remote-ip
>
> remote> firefox -no-remote
>
> Note the -no-remote .  It forces requests to come from the remote box rather
> than the local one ( which is the default )

Normally, running "firefox" will try to contact an already running 
Firefox process on the current display and pass the url to it.  The 
"-no-remote" option means it doesn't do that and just starts a new 
session instead.